Biography

Lauren is Deputy General Counsel within the Office of General Counsel at the University of Rhode Island.  She joined the University in June 2020, bringing with her nearly 10 years of experience representing institutions of higher education. On behalf of the University, Lauren focuses on litigation and disputes, open government laws, anti-discrimination laws, campus safety and law enforcement, risk management and compliance, student affairs, employment matters, athletics, and capital projects.

Prior to joining the University, Lauren was a Deputy Attorney General in the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, where she served as the Section Chief of the Education and Higher Education Section. In that role, Lauren managed a team of 11 Deputies and 2 Assistant Section Chiefs who were responsible for all education-related litigation in the state. She counseled the New Jersey State Colleges, Department of Education, Secretary of Higher Education, State Ethics Commission, and Governor’s Office and handled complex litigation on behalf of those entities before the New Jersey Superior Court, New Jersey Supreme Court, New Jersey Office of Administrative Law, New Jersey Council on Local Mandates, New Jersey District Court, and Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office, Lauren served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael J. Haas, J.A.D., in the New Jersey Appellate Division.

Lauren received her Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law-Camden and her Bachelor of Arts in History and Philosophy from Fairfield University. She is admitted to practice law in the States of Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; the District of New Jersey; and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Lauren grew up in Connecticut, where she is happy to again reside with her husband, two daughters, and very small dog.