Her regulatory practice touches a broad swath of industries, including private equity, nonprofits, locomotives, technology, utilities, and web services. This work primarily focuses on RCRA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and their state analogues and extends to guiding clients on environmental compliance in emerging fields like biosolids and PFAS.

Lauren counsels clients in corporate sustainability, including climate disclosure requirements, ESG benchmarking reports, international ESG compliance standards, and guidance relating to green marketing messaging. For example, she created a benchmark of the corporate structure of leaders in the technology sector to aid in developing a client’s ESG strategy. She is a member of B&D’s Sustainability Committee, which is in the process of evaluating the firm’s greenhouse gas emissions and updating its sustainability policy.

Lauren also frequently advises clients in the waste treatment, recycling, and disposal industry on compliance under major environmental statutes such as RCRA and similar state statutes. For example, she regularly provides creative solutions for waste disposal companies to align with public health goals.

Before joining B&D, Lauren was an associate at a plaintiff’s-side complex litigation firm in Seattle, Washington, where she represented consumer and government-entity plaintiffs in class actions and Multi District Litigations. While pursuing her J.D., she researched international environmental issues for the Global Rights Compliance as part of Vanderbilt Law School’s International Law Practice Lab and advised California counties on environmental regulatory compliance as a law clerk at the Environmental Defense Center.