Lauren Jaffe

Lauren Jaffe


Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP

Recognized since 2021

Chicago, Illinois

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

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Lauren Jaffe serves clients in matters from discreet internal investigations to large-scale class actions, leveraging experience as a paralegal for the Department of Justice, a student representing federal criminal defendants, a federal judicial law clerk, and an attorney working alongside an in-house compliance team.

Lauren helps clients navigate a wide variety of matters, with a particular focus on commercial and white collar cases. She also handles class actions, internal and government investigations, and cases involving civil rights violations. Lauren has experience in all phases of litigation from investigation through trial, including drafting successful dispositive motions, briefs, and sentencing memoranda, arguing dispositive and expert-related motions, handling all aspects of discovery, negotiating settlements, and preparing and examining witnesses for deposition and trial. Lauren practices in both federal and state court.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 1 South Dearborn Street, Suite 2200
    Chicago, IL 60603
Languages
  • French
Education
  • University of Chicago, J.D., with honors, graduated 2014
  • Washington University in St. Louis, B.A., French and Political Science, with honors, graduated 2009
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois, Illinois State Bar
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Chicago Bar Association - Member
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Federal Clerkships
  • United States District Court

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Criminal Defense: White-Collar and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions-Defendants), Best Lawyers® (2020-2023)
  • Illinois Emerging Lawyer in Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law and Commercial Litigation, Law Bulletin Media Leading Lawyers (2022)

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