Lauren C. Barnett

lauren.barnett@lw.com

+1.424.653.5522

Profile

Lauren Barnett represents top-tier corporations in high-stakes securities actions and complex commercial litigation matters.

Lauren provides sophisticated guidance to companies across a range of industries on:

Securities class actions
Shareholder derivative matters
Investigations

Lauren clerked for Judge Sandra S. Ikuta of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Before entering law school, Lauren was a senior analyst at Cornerstone Research, where she supported expert witnesses in commercial litigation with economic analyses.

Experience

Lauren’s experience includes representing:

A biotechnology company in federal securities and shareholder derivative litigation*
View, Inc. in federal securities and shareholder derivative litigation*
A global toy manufacturer in two federal securities actions*
Intel in parallel state and federal securities actions*
Ten-X in a federal securities action*
Three underwriter investment banks in a state securities action*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

California

Education

JD, University of Chicago Law School, 2014
with high honors
AB, Princeton University, 2008
magna cum laude

Practices

Industries

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May 4, 2026 Recognition

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs — City National Bank

Partners Josh Hamilton, Manny Abascal, and Chris Harris, counsel Lauren Barnett, and associate Chandler Howell are recognized for securing a complete dismissal with prejudice on behalf of City National Bank (CNB).