Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Business & Commercial Disputes

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Whether executing a precision strike on cross-examination or applying a soft touch as needed, Lauren Caisman is an accomplished litigator and formidable advocate for her clients. With her trial experience, Lauren has gained a perceptive ability to examine a situation and deploy a successful strategy to achieve her clients’ goals in all aspects of commercial, biometric privacy, products liability, and class action litigation. Lauren also has broad and substantive litigation experience in state and federal courts, arbitrations, and administrative agency proceedings, including in case development and strategy, pleadings and motion practice, written and oral discovery, court hearings, and appeals.

Lauren prides herself on her ability to play devil’s advocate, and clients find her knack of seeing around corners to anticipate problems and tackle solutions and arguments from all angles truly invaluable. Individual and corporate clients in the food, healthcare, aviation, luxury goods, banking, and pharmaceutical industries count on Lauren to lead them through challenging situations ranging from claims involving breach of contract, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, warranty and negligence to wrongful death, personal injury, trademark infringement, and other torts.

Lauren has helped clients in the media industry to resolve commercial and contractual disputes, as well as solve First Amendment and other content-related problems. She has represented content providers and distributors in defamation and privacy-related matters and has pursued access to government documents under the First Amendment, Freedom of Information Act, and other applicable laws. Lauren is also experienced on biometric issues, assisting clients with navigating significant class action litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) in addition to implementing biometric privacy-compliant policies and procedures for clients across the country and across all industries.

Lauren is a Board Member of the Federal Bar Association’s Younger Lawyers Division and currently serves as the Secretary of the FBA YLD Board. Lauren is also a member of the Illinois State Bar Associations’ Standing Committee on Women & the Law.

Before joining Bryan Cave, Lauren represented Northwestern University as a member of the Bartlit Center Trial Team and served as an Associate Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review. She also completed a judicial externship in the chambers of Northern District of Illinois Bankruptcy Judge Susan Pierson Sonderby. Lauren is a Chicago native and avid Michigan Wolverine who enjoys playing volleyball and golfing.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS

Law360, Rising Star, Cybersecurity/Privacy, 2022

Super Lawyers, Illinois Rising Star, 2021-2023

Northwestern Law Alumni Club, Member, 2013-present

Starlight Children's Foundation Midwest - Young Executive Stars, Board Member, 2013-2015

University of Michigan Alumni Association, Member, 2010-present

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Illinois Bar Association, Civil Practice & Procedure Section Council Member,  Standing Committee on Women & The Law Member

Federal Bar Association, Younger Lawyers Division, Board Member