Lauren is a member of the Global Regulatory Enforcement group. She represents corporations and individuals in government investigations, criminal and regulatory proceedings, and civil litigation. Lauren also works with the Labor and Employment group representing employers in a wide variety of employment-related disputes, including harassment, retaliation, discrimination, wrongful discharge, and equal pay. Lauren defends these employers against claims for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Lauren has an application pending in DC. She is supervised by principals of the firm in Washington, DC.
Prior to joining Reed Smith, Lauren was a Teach For America corps member where she taught early childhood education in the District of Columbia Public School system (“DCPS”) which she joined upon graduating from Boston College. While teaching in DCPS, Lauren earned her Master’s in Education with a focus on Curriculum and Instruction. After completing Teach For America, Lauren was a Fulbright Scholar in Daegu, South Korea where she researched bilingual language development and cognitive abilities in early childhood students and taught students in first to sixth grade. Upon completion of her Fulbright fellowship, she wrote curriculum in the DCPS Office of Teaching and Learning. Thereafter, Lauren served as a Vice Principal of a DCPS elementary school prior to attending Georgetown University Law Center. Most recently, Lauren served as a law clerk in the Private Office of President Barack and Mrs. Michelle Obama. Lauren also has experience working for the late Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, former Secretary of State John Kerry, and the Congressional Black Caucus.
