Lauren E. McClain
Lauren has extensive litigation experience and has been integral in assisting the firm obtain top verdicts and settlements throughout the country. Missouri Lawyers Weekly has recognized Lauren on two occasions for her role in securing the largest plaintiff’s verdict. In 2014, Missouri Lawyers Weekly honored Lauren with its Missouri Lawyers Award for her role in securing a $28 Million Verdict in a Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis/Metalworking Fluid Case in Berger v. Copeland Compressor Corp. Again in 2017, Missouri Lawyers Weekly recognized Lauren with its Missouri Lawyers Award after a Springfield Jury awarded $20.6 Million in damages as a result of injuries her client sustained from exposure to trichloroethylene (TCE) in Kirk v. FAG Bearings.
Highlights
$20.6 Million Verdict in Chemical Exposure Case – Kirk v. FAG Bearings, 2016
$10 Million Verdict in Occupational Exposure Case – Philpott v. Kansas City Power & Light, 2017
Numerous Confidential Settlements
2014 Missouri Lawyers Weekly – Largest Plaintiff’s Verdict of 2013
National Law Journal Top 100 Verdicts of 2013
National Law Journal Top 100 Verdicts of 2016
- Missouri, 2012
Federal Courts
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2016
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2015
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2015
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2015
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 2015
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 2013
Court of Appeals
- Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Toxic Torts
Products Liability
- J.D. – 2012
Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa
- B.A. Economics (cum laude) – 2009
