Lauren E. Jackson

Lauren Jackson is an associate in the firm's Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Consumer Financial Services Litigation practices. Her practice focuses on consumer financial services companies, including banks, non-bank financial institutions, mortgage lenders and servicers, and fintech and other technology companies, representing them in both litigation as well as government investigation and enforcement. Lauren also works on complex commercial disputes and M&A disputes in the tech and biotech sector. Lauren has represented clients in both state and federal litigation, and has advised clients on regulatory matters at both the state and federal level. She joined Goodwin in 2020.

Lauren is a writer for Goodwin’s Consumer Finance Insights blog, and a contributor to the Consumer Financial Services Year in Review, an annual publication synthesizing the past year’s industry developments and providing prospective industry analysis. She also serves as an editor for Goodwin’s Securities Snapshot, a bi-monthly newsletter highlighting developments in civil and criminal securities law. 

Lauren’s experience includes: 

• Represented various national consumer financial services companies in investigations and lawsuits brought by the CFPB
• Provided regulatory advice to proptech startups on state and federal regulatory changes
• Represented financial companies in their response to non-party subpoenas in state courts
• Represented a clinical trial SAAS company in M&A litigation over post-acquisition earnout payments
• Defended a content delivery network service provider in connection with various shareholder litigations arising out of an all-stock acquisition and merger
• Represented an early-stage venture capital fund in a dispute stemming from sale of equity interests in a tech startup company

While attending law school, Lauren was an associate editor for Law & Contemporary Problems and a symposium editor for the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum. She was a two-time semifinalist in the Dean’s Cup appellate advocacy competition, and was the 2020 recipient of the Justin Miller Award for Intellectual Curiosity.