Our Team
Laura M. Shamp
From her career as a college athlete playing in the Final Four to graduating with honors from Harvard Law School, Laura Shamp has always been a fierce competitor and has always played to win.
Over the past 20 years, she has handled all types of major litigation and is known as one of the few trial lawyers able to get multi-million dollar verdicts in some of the toughest jurisdictions and has an $11 million dollar jury verdict against Philip Morris to prove it. So, it is not surprising that she is consistently listed as one of Georgia’s “Super Lawyers.”
Laura’s success as a trial lawyer is only matched by her success as an appellate advocate. Her reported cases have helped shaped the law in Georgia regarding medical malpractice and the use of expert witness testimony in professional negligence cases and include: Hankla v. Postell, 293 Ga. 692, Georgia Supreme Court 2013; EHCA Cartersville v. Turner, 280 Ga. 333, Georgia Supreme Court 2006; Lee v. Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, 297 Ga. App. 692, Georgia Court of Appeals (2009); Houston v. Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, 295 Ga. App. 674, Georgia Court of Appeals 2009. Laura also chairs the Georgia Trial Lawyers Amicus Committee, which submits “friend of the court” briefs to the Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals on issues affecting the civil justice system.
Laura graduated in 1988 from Harvard Law School with honors. After graduating, she served as a federal law clerk to United States District Court Judge Robert H. Hall. In 2004, she returned to Harvard to study patient safety and medical errors under Don Berwick and Lucian Leape, leaders in the field of patient safety, and in 2005 obtained a Masters Degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. Laura is dedicated to working to try and improve the quality of medical care in Georgia and serves on several committees that review legislation to try and address issues of medical error and patient safety.
Before founding Shamp Silk, Laura had a successful solo practice for over 15 years. Before that she was at Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine, where she practiced for four years doing plaintiffs and general civil litigation work. She began her career at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan as a general civil litigator.
Laura is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, as well as all other trial and appellate courts in the State of Georgia.
Joshua F. Silk
Josh Silk is a founding partner of Shamp Silk. His practice focuses on medical malpractice, wrongful death, products liability, and catastrophic injuries resulting from car and trucking wrecks.
Josh was recognized as a Rising Star by Georgia Super Lawyers magazine in 2021 , 2022 ,and 2023 which is awarded to only 2.5% of the lawyers in Georgia. Josh is active in the legal community as a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and serves on GTLA’s Verdict magazine editorial board.
Josh graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2011, where he served on the editorial board of the Georgia Law Review, was a teaching assistant for Civil Procedure, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Prior to law school, Josh graduated cum laude from Syracuse University, where he received a B.A. in History and a B.A. in Political Science. After law school, Josh worked as a Staff Attorney with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, before going into private practice.
Mr. Silk is admitted to practice in all Georgia trial courts, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and the Georgia Supreme Court. Mr. Silk is also admitted to practice in all the Federal courts in Georgia, including the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia, and the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Cathleen
Cathleen Inamori is a litigation paralegal at Shamp Silk and connects with clients while assisting attorneys in all phases of litigation, from case initiation, to filing and discovery, all the way through trial. Cathleen enjoys getting to know clients and their stories and advocating for them every step of the way.
Born and raised in metro Atlanta, Cathleen graduated from Georgia State University with a dual Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Sociology. Cathleen has been a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association since 2019 and is a notary public in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
Cathleen is dedicated to learning and working hard. She enjoys spending time with her family, brunch with her best friends, and is a lover of nature, health & wellness.
Suleima
Suleima Millan is a legal assistant and office manager for Shamp Silk. Suleima graduated from Berry College with a B.S. in Sociology and a minor in French in 2019 . Her family is from Guerrero Mexico and loves to visit her family there as much as possible. Suleima enjoys hiking in her free time and spending time with her family.