Laura Roth earned her bachelor's degree from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, and her law degree from the University of Arizona. She became the Volusia County Clerk's office first in-house legal counsel in 2004, and was appointed the Chief Deputy Clerk, the lead administrator, in 2011. Laura ran for office and became the Clerk of Court for Volusia County in 2016.
As Clerk, Laura is committed to pursuing unsurpassed process efficiencies, technology innovations, and customer service improvements at the Clerk's office. Since being elected, some of her office's achievements include a lower collection fee on delinquent financial obligations, the introduction of a survey system to increase customer feedback, and the implementation of a free service to alert Volusia County residents to possible land-related record fraud. The Clerk's office motivating philosophy is "We Love Helping People."
- Volusia County Law Library Board of Directors, Treasurer
- Volusia County Bar Association, Member
- Volusia/Flagler Association of Women Lawyers, Member
- Florida Bar Association, Member
- Florida Supreme Court Steering Committee on Families and Children, Member
- Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms Advisory Workgroup, Member
- Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, Executive Council, Member
- Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, Performance Improvement and Efficiencies Committee, Chair
- Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Best Practice Committee, Chair
- Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Strategic Technology Committee, Member
- Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Legislative Committee, Member
- Rotary Club of DeLand, Member and Honorary Paul Harris Fellow
- DeLand Area Chamber of Commerce, Member
- Guardian ad Litem Program, Volunteer, 2005-2010
- Public Interest Law Organization, University of Arizona Chapter, President, 2001-2002
- Graduate University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Magna Cum Laude, 2003
- Order of the Coif, 2003
- Graduate Eckerd College, Florida, Highest Honors, 1998