Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila

Partner

Insurance-industry clients count on Lauren Abendshien to produce the smart, well-written briefs and other documents that lead to successful resolutions in complex and difficult coverage disputes. Lauren focuses her litigation practice on representing domestic and international insurers. With a professional background that includes work in the hard sciences, business consulting, and three years of judicial clerkships, Lauren approaches her work with intellectual rigor, attention to detail, and a love of language. She consistently produces written work product that protects her clients’ interests, providing deep insights and novel interpretations that help achieve their goals and move contentious matters toward resolution.

Lauren’s prior experience includes intellectual property litigation in a range of industries, including consumer-electronic technologies, pharmaceutical products, and biomedical devices.

Yale Law School, J.D., 2012 Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic Coker Fellow in Legal Writing

Yale University, B.S., Chemistry, 2006, summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa Howard Douglass Moore Prize for Excellence in Chemistry Montaigne and Scott Prizes for Excellence in French