Laura Lee Prather is a media lawyer with Houston-based Haynes & Boone. Prather specializes in First Amendment, privacy, intellectual property and media litigation at Haynes & Boone, where she is partner in charge of the Austin office. She is also an advocate and lobbyist for open government and First Amendment concerns at the Texas legislature, and has been named by The American Lawyer as one of the best young women lawyers in the nation. She holds both a bachelor’s and law degree from the University of Texas.