Chris Lauer Esq. 1 posts 0 comments

Chris Lauer is an associate attorney at Manley & Brautigam P.C. in Anchorage, Alaska.  His practice centers on wills, trusts, and estate planning; wealth protection; tax planning; and forming business organizations. Chris graduated summa cum laude from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he was a Hugo Grotius Fellow. In addition to serving as an executive editor of the Case Western Reserve Law Review, Chris worked as an extern to the Honorable Karen Nelson Moore on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  Before law school, Chris worked as a consultant focused on anti-money laundering compliance in the banking industry.  Through his work with financial institutions, Chris has first-hand experience with the ways banks attempt—and often struggle—to implement seemingly straightforward anti-money laundering programs.  He has presented extensively on the Corporate Transparency Act and has written critically about the policy design and negative externalities of state and federal anti-money laundering requirements.