Overview
Lauren also assists employers in employment and labor disputes, and by enforcing noncompetition and non-solicitation covenants against former employees, franchisees, and competing corporations.
Lauren has extensive consulting, pretrial, trial, and appellate experience in state and federal courts and in both arbitration and mediation.
Lauren is licensed to practice law in two states (Minnesota and California). Lauren is a former federal law clerk and graduated order of the coif from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Southern California Law Review.
Personal Interests
Lauren likes to travel and spend time outdoors with her family. She also enjoys playing Euro strategy board games.Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
California
Minnesota
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Clerkships
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Hon. Janis L. Sammartino, 2011-2012
Education
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
J.D. Order of the Coif, Southern California Law Review (editor-in-chief) (2011)
Colgate University
B.A. in Psychology, magna cum laude (2006)
Experience
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March 2020 2 min readXcel Energy Defeats Constitutional Challenge Brought Against Right of First Refusal LawLitigation Appellate Environment & Energy
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2017 1 min readFranchisor Resolves Litigation After Asserting CounterclaimCommercial Disputes Franchise & Distribution Litigation
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2017 1 min readPro Bono Defendant Appeals ConvictionLitigation Appellate
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1 min readInternet Startup Defends Against Trade Secret MisappropriationTrade Secrets & Non-Competes Litigation
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1 min readClient Settles Sonar Device Trade Secret Litigation
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1 min readPrivate Equity Firm Wins Arbitration Award
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- Case Update: The Southern District of New York Picks a Side in a Joint Employer Case
The Franchise Lawyer, 2019 - Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- Daily Journal, October 2, 2015
- Beyond Malpractice Cases: Determining the Existence of Federal Jurisdiction Under Gunn v. Minton
Intellectual Property Today, January 2014
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Successfully represented criminal defendant in pro bono appeal of his conviction based on due process and Fourth Amendment violations before the Minnesota Court of Appeals, including oral argument
Honors
- Faegre Baker Daniels – Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2017-18