Biography
Lauren assists clients with environmental regulatory compliance, permitting, and enforcement defense across a range of federal and state environmental laws.
Her work includes matters involving water quality, air quality, solid and hazardous waste, and contaminated site cleanup under Washington's Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA). She also assists clients with emerging extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements and regulations addressing plastics and packaging.
Lauren previously interned with the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Idaho and served as a judicial extern for the Washington State Court of Appeals. In law school, she worked at the University of Washington's Regulatory Environmental Law & Policy Clinic.
Education
- University of Idaho (B.S., cum laude, 2021)
- Environmental Science
- Certificate in Climate Change
- Policy, law, administration, economics, and climate change focus
- University of Washington School of Law (J.D., with Honors, 2026)
- Concentration in Environmental Law
- Washington Law Review, Editorial Staff
- Environmental Law Society, Representative
Publications
- The Canons Fell Silent: An Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Failure to Use Statutory Interpretation Tools in Sackett v. EPA, 101 Wash. L. Rev. 647 (2026).
