Laurie Puhn is an American writer, television personality and family/divorce lawyer. She hosted ''i on New York'', on

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from 2006-2007. A graduate of

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and

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, she initially practiced corporate law at a

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law firm. Puhn was featured as the Communications Expert on an

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'' special about "Rudeness in America. " She is a frequent commentator on

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, Fox 5's ''Good Day NY'',

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's ''Weekend Today in NY'' and was featured on

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's ''Tips from the Top''. Laurie was the cover story for Networking magazine's June 2006 issue. Her commentary has been featured in magazines including ''Entrepreneur, Maxim, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Woman's Day'' and ''Glamour'', as well as featured in newspapers such as ''Chicago Tribune, Newsday'' and ''

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''. She is the author of ''Instant Persuasion: How to Change Your Words to Change Your Life'' (Penguin, 2005), and President of Laurie Puhn Communications. Her second book ''Fight Less, Love More: 5-Minute Conversations to Change Your Relationship without Blowing Up or Giving In'' (Rodale, 2010), was released on October 12, 2010. Laurie grew up in

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. She attended the

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, and graduated from

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.Fischler, Marcelle S
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'', February 13, 2005. Accessed October 5, 2008. "Laurie Puhn, a former cheerleader voted the most outstanding student in Great Neck North High School's class of 1995, is one of those A-list people. "

Awards

* Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recognition Award * Town of North Hempstead Women's Roll of Honor * Instant Persuasion, authored by Laurie Puhn, nominated for Best Motivational Book of 2005

Work

ViaCord, a part of PerkinElmer, partnered with Laurie to publish her advice blog for moms and dads-to-be. The blog address i
www. expectingwords.com
Recently Laurie wrote an article for CNN.com featuring ways to avoid an argument. The link for this article is listed below.

References

Sources

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Puhn, Laurie Living people Harvard Law School alumni People from Great Neck, New York Writers of blogs about home and family American bloggers Great Neck North High School alumni Harvard College alumni Year of birth missing (living people)