Lauren R. Goldman is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is Co-Chair of the Technology Litigation Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Class Actions, Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation, and Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Groups. Lauren’s practice focuses on high-stakes class- and mass-action disputes, particularly in the areas of data privacy and product liability.
Lauren currently serves as lead counsel for major technology and social media companies in putative class actions alleging privacy violations under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the Wiretap Act, the Stored Communications Act, the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and various common-law privacy doctrines.
Lauren also serves as lead legal strategy counsel for several consumer-products companies facing mass litigation dockets. Over the past fifteen years she has handled legal issues and appeals in connection with more than a dozen high-stakes jury trials and she has successfully challenged many excessive punitive damages awards at trial and on appeal.
Lauren has been ranked in Litigation: General Commercial-New York by Chambers USA every year since 2021. Clients note that "I trust her with the highest stakes matters. She thinks strategically; she’s one of the finest writers I've worked with, and she understands client service," “Lauren is phenomenal. She is one of the best writers I have ever worked with, and her mind is as clear and organized as her writing. She’s also truly excellent at client service,” “She has an incredible ability to take complex fact patterns and more and turn them into a very clearly written and easily understandable document,” and most recently, “She’s a great thinker on her feet. She’s able to present information in an extremely organized and clear manner and she avoids falling into traps.”
Legal 500 has repeatedly recognized Lauren in its Appellate: Court of Appeals, Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal) and Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy And Data Protection) guides. Legal 500 says that she is “noted for her impressive record in class actions, with an emphasis on data privacy and product liability-related cases.” It quotes clients who say she is “a superb relationship partner who drafts excellent briefs and provides great judgment on all legal issues.” She is “super client-focused, extremely responsive, an excellent writer, and a poised and prepared oral advocate,” whose work is “well-reasoned, concise, well-organized, and business-focused.” Clients describe her as “smart, hardworking, and very analytical,” with an “unmatched ability to work well with other lawyers.”
Lawdragon has featured Lauren as one of 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2024 and 2025 guides, featuring the “advisors you want to send into battle.” She was also listed in Lawdragon’s Leading Global Litigations 2023 guide, featuring “worldly wonders” who “are at the forefront of resolving disputes across a globe that seems ever smaller and infinitely more troubled.” Lauren was named to Lawdragon’s 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors 2024 list, which highlights “100 stellar players who capture the state of artificial intelligence in the law today, with a side of interesting legal tech.” Most recently, Lawdragon named Lauren to its 2024 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers guide, which highlights “lawyers who connect it all – data and security, innovation and inspiration, litigation and exploration.”
Benchmark Litigation recognized Lauren as a New York Litigation Star in its 2023 and 2024 rankings. A reference described her as “the go-to expert for legal issues at Gibson” and added, “I would hire her to write a brief in a heartbeat – she’s excellent.”
The American Lawyer included Lauren in its “Litigators of the Week” series (October 22, 2021) for her work serving as defense counsel to Meta at a trial in the Northern District of California. Lauren has been interviewed regarding Supreme Court developments by Bloomberg Law Radio, CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” the WSJ Law Blog, The American Lawyer, Newsweek, and The National Law Journal. She has also been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Fortune and CNNMoney, among other publications.
Lauren received her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the New York University Law Review and of the Order of the Coif. Following graduation, she served as a law clerk to Judge Dennis Jacobs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Class Actions
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Tech and Innovation
- Technology Litigation
Credentials
Education:
- New York University - 1997 Juris Doctor
- Cornell University - 1991 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, Hon. Dennis Jacobs, 1997 - 1998