Lauren A. Smith

Ms. Smith is a litigator specializing in complex commercial litigation. Ms. Smith has extensive experience in state and federal securities actions, partnership and real estate disputes, and matters involving corporate governance.

Representative matters include actions by several large institutional investors against a financial services institution involving the purchase of more than $200 million of Parmalat-related securities, actions by institutional investors against several investment banks in connection with their purchases of more than $1 billion of Enron-related securities, and representation of Orange County in its litigation against various financial and other institutions following its Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing, resulting in the recovery of nearly $900 million for the County of Orange.

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Los Angeles County Bar Association