Lauren A. Champaign is a senior counsel and litigation lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP where her practice includes commercial litigation and counseling clients in the areas of securities litigation, product liability defense, antitrust, and consumer finance matters. She is a member of the Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Securities Enforcement & Litigation, Antitrust & Competition, Distribution & Franchise, Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations, and Consumer Financial Services Practices.
Before beginning her career at Foley, Lauren was an extern with the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division – Criminal Section and Employment Litigation Section. She also worked with other legal aid organizations, including the D.C. Legal Aid Society, Housing Division.
In terms of political engagement, Lauren was the deputy GOTV director for President Obama’s re-elect campaign in Philadelphia in 2012. In this capacity, she worked in the campaign’s state headquarters, managing five regional GOTV directors and collaborating with the deputy field director, state field director and state GOTV director. Her efforts contributed to a sizable victory in the state and a larger turnout than in 2008.
During the 2008 election, Lauren served as a regional field director and field organizer for Obama for America, where her efforts were featured in the Washington Post and on PBS NOW regarding her organizing in the key primary state of South Carolina. She also worked with a special committee in the campaign’s Chicago headquarters and trained thousands of volunteers during four state primaries over the course of the election cycle.
