Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Financial Services Disputes and Investigations

Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Lori Van Auken is a noted litigator with extensive first-chair experience in a broad range of complex commercial litigation disputes, internal investigations and white collar criminal matters. She has deep experience in all phases of state and federal court litigation and arbitration, including trials and appeals. Lori has served as lead counsel in several high-profile cases affecting Fortune 50 companies across multiple business sectors, with a particular focus on financial services, insurance and telecommunications.

Lori’s litigation experience spans a wide range of matters including financial crisis securities litigation, complex insurance fraud litigation, SEC regulatory proceedings, nationwide antitrust class actions, intellectual property litigation, employment and whistleblower claims, and workout and debtor/creditor litigation. She also advises clients concerning data privacy and cybersecurity matters and corporate M&A and governance issues.

In December 2020, Lori was awarded certification in Cybersecurity from the Harvard University Extension School following her successful completion of a two-year graduate program there. Among other things, Lori’s coursework focused on privacy, information security risks, and incident response.

Lori also maintains a strong pro bono practice involving death penalty, domestic violence, immigration and nonprofit work. She is a former Thurgood Marshall Award winner from the New York State Bar Association in recognition of her pro bono work on behalf of a death row inmate in Tennessee, and a Thomas L. Sager Award recipient by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association for creation of a successful diversity initiative with a client company.

Lori is a contributing author to Financial Regulation: Emerging Themes in 2022 – an extensive collection of articles around the themes of Sustainability & ESG; Talent & People and I&D; Regulatory Risk & Enforcement; Governance; Technology; and Changing Markets.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS New York State Bar Association Thurgood Marshall Pro Bono Award, 2008 Minority Corporate Counsel Association Thomas L. Sager Award, 2000 Albany Law School, Women’s Leadership Initiative - Advisory Committee, February 2021-Present SR Residents – NJ, A Nonprofit Corporation, Secretary and Trustee, 2020-Present Wandell School Education Foundation, 2006-2011; Vice President, 2010-2011, Secretary, 2009-2010, Trustee, 2006-2011, Parent Leadership Award, 2010 Albany Law School, Women’s Leadership Initiative - Advisory Committee, February 2021-Present PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Bar Association New York State Bar Association New York City Bar Association Federal Bar Council, Sustaining Member Securities Industry and Financial Market Association (SIFMA) International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)