Lauren O. Casazza, P.C.
Overview
Lauren Casazza is a partner in Kirkland’s Litigation and Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations practice groups and has been at Kirkland for more than 20 years. Lauren is an established litigator, representing clients in a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters at both the trial and appellate court levels, and in arbitration. She also represents corporations in highly sensitive and complex investigations, including those related to government enforcement matters, workplace compliance and unlawful harassment issues.
Lauren established Kirkland’s Crisis Response Practice Group and regularly advises boards of directors and officers in mitigating and managing legal and reputational crises across a broad spectrum of industries. Lauren has extensive experience in counseling clients on internal and external communications in high-profile litigation, government investigations and enterprise-level risk matters. In this unique role, Lauren has been a critical advisor on many of the most-publicized legal crises in recent years, including serving as lead legal communications advisor to BP regarding the Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill and to 3M for its Combat Arms earplugs litigation.
Lauren has been recognized for her work in the 2022–2024 editions of Chambers Crisis and Risk Management Guide where clients note, “Lauren is incredibly thorough and fantastic at seeing around all the corners,” and that she “is like a quarterback. She has a great balance of being able to figure out who all the best players are for the case at hand.” Lauren and her colleagues also have been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 U.S. for Environmental Litigation, with clients noting that “each is superb in their areas of expertise,” and that “their skills are top-notch and their sterling reputations well deserved.”
Lauren serves as Co-Chair of Kirkland’s Firmwide Associate Review Committee, is a key leader for Kirkland’s Women’s Leadership Initiative and helps drive various Firmwide diversity programs.