Lauren Gibbons

Counsel

Lauren is part of the firm’s Emerging Data Privacy Trends practice, representing clients in privacy and data-related matters. She has extensive experience managing and litigating cases from inception to conclusion in state and federal courts in Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland.

Before joining the firm, Lauren was senior counsel with a leading litigation firm, concentrating on business litigation and biometric data privacy matters. Lauren also has experience litigating general liability, medical malpractice, insurance, contract, and other commercial matters.

After earning her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law, Lauren clerked for the Hon. J. Barry Hughes of the Circuit Court for Carroll County, Maryland. During law school, she also interned for the Hon. Marcella A. Holland of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Lauren earned her B.A., cum laude, from Bucknell University.

Lauren is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, and Virginia. 

News

Best Lawyers Honors More Than 200 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys in its Best Lawyers in America 2025 Edition

August 15, 2024

Best Lawyers selected 242 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s U.S. offices for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.

Eleven Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Recognized as Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

April 22, 2024

Seven attorneys were recognized as Super Lawyers and four were named Rising Stars, a list that recognizes attorneys under the age of 40.

Best Lawyers Honors More Than 200 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys to its Best Lawyers in America 2024 Edition

August 17, 2023

Best Lawyers selected 232 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s U.S. offices for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Education

  • University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 2012
  • Bucknell University, B.A., cum laude, 2009

Awards & Honors

Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Virginia and Washington, D.C., 2021 - 2022, 2024

Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" 2024, 2025

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland
  • Virginia
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court -- District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court -- Maryland
  • U.S. District Court -- Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court -- Western District of Virginia

Judicial Law Clerk, the Hon. J. Barry Hughes (Retd), Circuit Court for Carroll County, Maryland

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