Lauren S.Schwartz
Associate
Labor & Employment
lschwartz@seyfarth.com
Lauren is dedicated to understanding her clients’ goals and finding innovative solutions to defend them in labor and employment actions.
More About Lauren
Employers face nuanced and seemingly ever-evolving labor and employment laws in California and nationally. Lauren works with clients to find practical solutions to challenges presented by these shifting legal landscapes.
Lauren is an employment litigator who represents employers in complex, high‑stakes workplace disputes in state and federal courts. Her practice spans the full range of employment litigation, with particular depth in wage and hour class actions and representative PAGA actions, employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation matters, and breach of contract, wrongful termination, and unfair competition claims.
Lauren takes a practical, business‑focused approach to litigation, tailoring strategy to align with her clients’ operational realities and objectives. At the same time, she is a trial‑oriented litigator who prepares cases from the outset with the expectation that they may be tried. She has litigated employment matters through trial, including matters involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination allegations, as well as wage and hour and contractual issues.
Lauren is an employment litigator who represents employers in complex, high‑stakes workplace disputes in state and federal courts. Her practice spans the full range of employment litigation, with particular depth in wage and hour class actions and representative PAGA actions, employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation matters, and breach of contract, wrongful termination, and unfair competition claims.
Lauren takes a practical, business‑focused approach to litigation, tailoring strategy to align with her clients’ operational realities and objectives. At the same time, she is a trial‑oriented litigator who prepares cases from the outset with the expectation that they may be tried. She has litigated employment matters through trial, including matters involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination allegations, as well as wage and hour and contractual issues.
- JD, University of Virginia School of Law
- BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
Political Science; History minor
Highest honors
- California
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- US District Court, Southern District of California
Related Services
- Recognized as a "Ones to Watch" lawyer by Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Litigation - Labor and Employment (2026)
Lauren is dedicated to understanding her clients’ goals and finding innovative solutions to defend them in labor and employment actions.
More About Lauren
Employers face nuanced and seemingly ever-evolving labor and employment laws in California and nationally. Lauren works with clients to find practical solutions to challenges presented by these shifting legal landscapes.
Lauren is an employment litigator who represents employers in complex, high‑stakes workplace disputes in state and federal courts. Her practice spans the full range of employment litigation, with particular depth in wage and hour class actions and representative PAGA actions, employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation matters, and breach of contract, wrongful termination, and unfair competition claims.
Lauren takes a practical, business‑focused approach to litigation, tailoring strategy to align with her clients’ operational realities and objectives. At the same time, she is a trial‑oriented litigator who prepares cases from the outset with the expectation that they may be tried. She has litigated employment matters through trial, including matters involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination allegations, as well as wage and hour and contractual issues.
Lauren is an employment litigator who represents employers in complex, high‑stakes workplace disputes in state and federal courts. Her practice spans the full range of employment litigation, with particular depth in wage and hour class actions and representative PAGA actions, employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation matters, and breach of contract, wrongful termination, and unfair competition claims.
Lauren takes a practical, business‑focused approach to litigation, tailoring strategy to align with her clients’ operational realities and objectives. At the same time, she is a trial‑oriented litigator who prepares cases from the outset with the expectation that they may be tried. She has litigated employment matters through trial, including matters involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination allegations, as well as wage and hour and contractual issues.
- JD, University of Virginia School of Law
- BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
Political Science; History minor
Highest honors
- California
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- US District Court, Southern District of California
Related Services
- Recognized as a "Ones to Watch" lawyer by Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Litigation - Labor and Employment (2026)