A partner at Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila, Lauren Abendshien concentrates her practice in insurance related class actions and coverage disputes. Leveraging her district and appellate clerkship experience, Abendshien’s expertise lies in coverage and contract questions. She works primarily on behalf of a national, domestic insurer in disputes within Illinois and beyond.
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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.

Education

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

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