• Lauren Cassady Andrews works on litigation matters, including complex commercial disputes, breach of contract cases, securities and commercial fraud suits, False Claims Act and qui tam cases, and bankruptcy-related litigation. Lauren is involved in all phases of these cases, and her work includes drafting motions, briefs and other filings; managing large-scale discovery review and production; arguing pretrial motions; preparing for and taking fact and expert witness testimony; and serving as a member of trial teams.

    Lauren dedicates significant time to pro bono work, including securing post-conviction compassionate release under the federal First Step Act for two clients, one who was diagnosed with terminal cancer while incarcerated and the other whose age and whose serious health conditions placed him at a heightened risk of catching and suffering severe illness from COVID-19 while in prison.

    Experience

    • Defended, as one of two associates on the trial team, one of the largest publicly traded hospital companies in the United States in a False Claims Act suit alleging the filing of false claims in connection with receiving more than $385 million in incentive payments under a federal government program to promote the adoption of electronic health record technology in hospitals, securing the dismissal with prejudice of the qui tam suit brought by two former employees, after the United States declined to participate in the case following a lengthy government investigation.

    • Defended one of the largest publicly traded hospital companies and its directors and officers against federal and state securities fraud claims arising from a 2016 spin-off transaction.

    • Secured compassionate release under the First Step Act of a pro bono client who had been incarcerated since 2016 and who developed terminal cancer while serving his sentence.

    • Secured compassionate release under the First Step Act of a pro bono client whose age and whose serious health conditions placed him at a heightened risk of catching and suffering severe illness from COVID-19 while in prison.

    • As lead counsel, obtained a settlement for a pro bono client who brought constitutional excessive force claims under Section 1983 and related state tort claims.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2017
      • Senior Editorial Board, Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law
    • B.A., with high distinction, University of Virginia, 2013
      • Lindner Center Prize for undergraduate thesis in art history

    Bar Admissions

    • District of Columbia, 2018
    • Virginia, 2017

    Clerkships

    • Honorable Senior Judges, District of Columbia Court of Appeals

    Court Admissions

    • U.S.D.C., District of Columbia
    • U.S.D.C., Eastern District of Virginia

    Focus Areas

  • Perspectives

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