SV Employment Law Firm PC

An Entrepreneurial Employment Law Firm

Lauren E. Babst

Attorney

Lauren specializes in employment and business litigation, working with clients to achieve their objectives efficiently and effectively. She has represented clients in a diverse mix of contract, shareholder, partnership, and trademark disputes, and litigated claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and failure to accommodate, among others.

Lauren is equally at home litigating in federal and state courts, and before administrative agencies. She has achieved successful outcomes for her clients at trials and arbitrations, and in appellate matters. She has also negotiated favorable settlements and represented clients in mediations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

When not practicing law, you can find Lauren ensconced in her books (primarily science fiction and fantasy), experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen, and doting on her pets.

Prior Work Experience

Roll Law Group, P.C.  (Counsel) (2022-2024)

Roll Law Group is the captive law firm for The Wonderful Company, a privately held $5 billion company with over 8,500 employees and the following brands: Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Almonds, Wonderful Halos, Wonderful Sweet Scarletts, POM Wonderful, FIJI Water, JUSTIN and Landmark wines, and Teleflora.

Provided legal services to The Wonderful Company and its subsidiaries, counseling and representing clients of each business unit in general commercial litigation, labor and employment matters, and personal injury matters.

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP, (Associate), (2016-2022)

Experienced in trials, appeals, arbitrations, depositions, motion practice, discovery, and oral advocacy. Represented clients in general commercial litigation, trademark and copyright disputes, and labor and employment matters.

Successful outcomes:

  • Drafted appellate brief before the 9th circuit resulting in successful reversal of a $1.8 billion damages award (my firm was retained to handle the appeal). Aecom Energy and Constr. Inc. v. Morrison Knudsen Corp., 2021 WL 1117780 (9th Cir. 2021).
  • Drafted appellate brief before the 9th Circuit that resulted in reversal of a summary judgment of unclean hands that had been entered against my client (my firm was retained to handle the appeal). Metal Jeans v. Metal Sport, 987 F.3d 1242 (9th Cir. 2021).
  • Lead trial counsel in fraudulent transfer case; won on motion for directed verdict; gave opening argument; questioned witnesses on direct and cross.
  • Second chair in several arbitration hearings involving contract and fiduciary duty claims; questioned witnesses on direct and cross; argued evidentiary issues; drafted opening and closing briefs.
  • Obtained summary judgment on novel legal issue, affirmed on appeal, holding that couples’ agreement regarding the disposition of cryopreserved material is binding and enforceable.

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2016
    • Executive Notes Editor, Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review
    • Judicial Intern for the Hon. Denise Page Hood, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • University of Michigan, B.A. (English and Political Science), 2012
    • Women’s Club Soccer

Court Admissions

  • California State Courts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California

Bar Admissions

  • California, 2016

Awards & Recognition

  • Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in the field of Commercial Litigation, 2021 – 2024.

Media Mentions

Publications

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