Lauren R. Greenspoon

Experience

• Represented a national juice manufacturer in a major product liability class action pending in the multidistrict litigation federal court in Richmond, Virginia; participated in significant court proceedings regarding class certification and participated in complicated settlement negotiations.
• Represented a national chemical company in a private federal cost-recovery action and a state enforcement action pending in Ohio involving more than 25 parties; managed a large team of lawyers; conducted more than 30 depositions of both fact and expert witnesses; played a significant role in developing settlement strategy and in drafting and negotiating complex settlement agreements involving continued environmental testing of the site at issue and future arbitration and enforcement proceedings.
• Defended an international manufacturer of adhesives in a product liability lawsuit brought by a manufacturer of kaleidoscopes; successfully tried to verdict before a jury in Massachusetts state court.
• Defended national brokerage firms in national securities and class action litigation; handled cases in both state and federal court and before various arbitration organizations and private arbitrators.
• Defended national insurance companies in numerous coverage disputes.
• Defended a former officer of a national corporation in securities fraud class actions and a shareholder derivative action; engaged in settlement negotiations with the Department of Justice.
• Represented a national construction company in a lawsuit by an unsuccessful competitor/bidder; participated in a six-week jury trial and complex settlement negotiations, as well as motions to unseal the terms of the confidential settlement reached in court, filed by the guarantor of a construction bond.
• Defended an international nonprofit organization in a negligent hiring lawsuit; conducted numerous depositions of minors as well as expert witnesses; participated in court-ordered mediation; conducted mock jury focus groups; resulted in a sealed settlement.
• Defended a prominent college in a contract dispute; resulted in a favorable award.
• Managed insurance coverage and bad faith litigation for international corporation; provided strategic advice to business partners; provided pre-suit coverage advice; drafted coverage opinions; managed costs on large litigation matters.

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Recognition

• James W. Cooper Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation (Inducted in May 2018)
• Listed in Connecticut Super Lawyers (2006)

Professional & Community Involvement

• A Better World – The Adoption Connection Inc.
  • Board Member
• Oliver Ellsworth American Inn of Court
  • Member and Treasurer
• TheaterWorks Inc.
  • Past Director
• University of Pennsylvania Alumni Interview Committee in Northern Connecticut
  • Chairperson
• Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
  • Elector, Board of Electors
• West Hartford Women’s Chorale
• Mock Trial Judge, Connecticut and National High School Mock Trial Championships

Background

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Donna F. Martinez, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• Senior Counsel, The Travelers Companies Inc., Hartford, CT
• Counsel, Day Pitney LLP (f/k/a Day, Berry & Howard LLP), Hartford, CT
• The Wharton School’s Leading and Managing People Program
• Counsel, Cummings & Lockwood LLC, Hartford, CT