Biography
She has experience conducting internal investigations concerning sensitive and high-stakes employment matters, as well as counseling employers on issues pertaining to executive hiring, separation and performance issues, independent contractors, restrictive covenant agreements, and reductions in force. She also has experience performing employment-related due diligence and advising companies in the context of corporate transactions.
Lauren has been part of the Weil teams representing:
- Interpublic Group in securing a preliminary injunction in New York Supreme Court following expedited discovery in a restrictive covenant dispute against a competitor and two former senior IPG executives who left to join the competitor.
- A global investment bank in a significant gender and wage discrimination arbitration brought by a former senior banker, which, after numerous successful discovery victories, resulted in a settlement for a fraction of the claimant’s initial demand and withdrawal of all claims.
- Seegrid Corporation in Delaware Chancery Court litigation commenced by former employees challenging the Company’s implementation of its Stock Incentive Plan.
- Russell Reynolds Associates in securing a temporary restraining order in the S.D.N.Y. in a restrictive covenant litigation brought against several departing senior executives who were attempting to start a competing firm.
- A leading production company in the entertainment & live events sector in arbitrations brought by multiple company executives asserting breach of contract and New York Labor Law claims in connection with an unpaid bonus.
In addition, Lauren has an active pro bono practice. She is representing a tenant in a NYC housing court matter, and was part of the Weil team that secured a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of North Dakota’s abortion ban. She has also counseled non-profit organizations on employment law issues and internal investigations.
Lauren received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she received the M.H. Goldstein Memorial Prize for her accomplishment in the field of labor law and the Exemplary Pro Bono Service Award, and served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Law and Social Change. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Duke University.