Lauren represents clients in high-stakes litigation, including class action defense, enforcement actions, and contaminated site liability and cost recovery actions. She also works with clients on environmental compliance audits and voluntary self-disclosures to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state agencies.

Lauren has a deep understanding of Clean Air Act (CAA) regulatory programs and their state counterparts, including hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) regulations and evolving environmental justice policies. She has particular knowledge of Massachusetts programs, having served as Counsel in the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Office of General Counsel (OGC) before joining B&D. She also assists clients in responding to the ever-changing regulatory framework surrounding emerging contaminants, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Lauren regularly represents clients in federal and state enforcement actions, helping manage risk and achieve practical outcomes.

While working at MassDEP OGC, Lauren focused on climate policy, air permitting litigation, and enforcement matters. She collaborated with a statewide group of attorneys from 11 to adopt regulations to reduce transportation sector emissions and gained experience with regional cap-and-trade programs and other climate policy initiatives.

While in law school, Lauren clerked for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment & National Resources Division, Environmental Enforcement Section, Boston field office. In this role, she worked on enforcement cases arising under CERCLA and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

Lauren served as Co-Chair of the Air Quality and Climate Change Committee of the Boston Bar Association Environment and Energy Section from 2021-2026. Lauren is very active in the B&D Women’s Initiative, and currently serves as co-chair of the National Association of Women Lawyers’ (NAWL) Energy and Environmental Law Affinity Group. She maintains an active pro bono practice dedicated to assisting local Massachusetts land trusts and recently won a case involving the violation of a conservation restriction.