Lauren Goldman

Lauren is an experienced litigator with success handling cases at every stage, including trial. She represents clients in state and federal courts in a wide range of complex civil litigation matters including contract disputes and related tort claims, securities fraud, employment, and antitrust. Her practice spans a variety of industries such as finance, media and sports, real estate, and insurance.

Most recently, Lauren played a critical role in obtaining a $39 million jury verdict on behalf of a major shareholder in a breach of contract action against the former executive chairman of a public company. She is also well-versed in handling cases that come to the firm during fact or expert discovery, levering her detail-oriented nature to provide clients with the most effective and strategic process to reach the best resolution.  Lauren also devotes time to pro bono matters, including drafting amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, and recently achieving a favorable settlement against the City of New York on behalf of a mother whose child was wrongfully removed and placed in foster care for six months.

Lauren joined the firm following her two-year clerkship for the Hon. Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Prior to her clerkship, Lauren was an associate in Los Angeles at a major law firm, where her practice primarily focused on employment litigation.

Lauren’s experience includes:

• Representing a major shareholder in a breach of contract lawsuit against the executive chairman of a public company, achieving a jury award of $39 million after proving the existence of a contract via text message
• Representing a private equity company in a successful jury trial against an insurance broker for claims of breach of contract, fraud, and negligence; the jury returned a liability verdict in the client’s favor and the case reached a successful resolution during the damages phase of the trial
• Representing a class of plaintiffs against an international media company that allegedly paid bribes to FIFA to secure various World Cup rights and achieving a favorable $95 million settlement for the class
• Representing an MLB baseball team in connection with appellate proceedings in the Second Circuit
• Representing an individual in a defamation case against an online publication
• Representing financial institutions in third-party discovery
• Drafting an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court of the in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on behalf of over 500 female athletes and various sports organizations
• Drafting an amicus brief to the Texas Supreme Court in State of Texas v. Zurawski on behalf of female athletes and various sports organizations
• Reuniting a pro bono client with her child after the child was placed in foster care for over five months by the City of New York, subsequently filing a civil rights lawsuit alleging that the city and its contractors discriminated against the mother, and achieving a favorable settlement for the mother and child
• Defending a prominent international bank in multiple cases involving the alleged manipulation of LIBOR
• Defending a high-profile company and its executives in litigation involving a variety of employment-based claims such as alleged gender discrimination, retaliation, and unequal pay
• Representing real estate developers and other companies involved in disputes related to real estate contracts

Co-author, The Wild West Of Event Windows In Securities Class Actions, Law360 (July 2023)

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