Experience

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate

  • Jul 2022 - Present



Seyfarth Shaw LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Counsel

  • Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

  • Defended credit reporting agencies in Fair Credit Reporting Act litigation throughout the U.S.: removing state court actions to federal court, analyzing the validity of claims, and negotiating settlements; • Negotiated the settlement of over thirty FCRA claims within a ninety-day period. • Defended credit reporting agencies in Fair Credit Reporting Act litigation throughout the U.S.: removing state court actions to federal court, analyzing the validity of claims, and negotiating settlements; • Negotiated the settlement of over thirty FCRA claims within a ninety-day period.



Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Of Counsel

  • Mar 2019 - Jan 2022

  Member of the Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation, Consumer Protection Litigation, and Cannabis, Hemp & CBD Practice Groups. Represent businesses and professionals in liability defense, insurance coverage, securities/FINRA litigation, management-side employment matters, human rights discrimination complaints in housing and employment contexts, real estate title issues, mortgage servicing, and creditors' rights defense. Representative matters: Advocated for employer in Maine Human Rights Commission investigation of racial discrimination employment claim where Commission adopted Investigator’s finding of no reasonable grounds for claim. November 2020. Stayed state action against broker-dealer/investment advisor and enforced terms of Customer Agreement compelling the parties to participate in FINRA binding arbitration. January 2021. Show less



Law Office of Lauren A. Thomas, LLC

• South Portland, Maine, United States

• Principal

  • Mar 2017 - Jan 2022

  • Counsel small business clients on corporate entity selection and provide expert legal advice and support on relevant legal developments. • Draft, negotiate and review commercial agreements: contracts for the sales of businesses, employment contracts, non-disclosure agreements, and third-party servicer agreements. • Draft Terms of Use and Privacy Policies for small-business websites. • Collaborate with external firms on discovery, legal research, and the drafting of legal memoranda, dispositive motions, briefs and other pleadings for filing in state and federal courts. • Drafted wills, trusts, advance directives, durable powers of attorney for veterans and their families through Pine Tree Legal Association's Wills for Heroes program, 2019. • Certified ERISA class action alleging that employer undervalued stock of 100+ employees when ESOP was terminated, November 2020. Show less



Duane Morris LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • 2014 - 2016

  Member of the Trial Group TD Bank Consumer Collections Project Team Lead for Maine, Massachusetts, and Delaware Represented financial institutions in judicial foreclosures, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, quiet title and constructive eviction actions, and cases with alleged violations of predatory lending and other consumer protection statutes (TILA, TCPA, FCRA, FDCPA, etc.) Developed and implemented best practices for residential and commercial foreclosures in compliance with federal and state laws, regulations, and case law . Routinely successfully enforced creditors' rights in secured and unsecured transactions in non-judicial matters and in a variety state and federal forums, including at trial. Representative Matters: Defended and settled putative class action against large U.S. bank alleging failure to timely record discharges pursuant to 33 M.R.S. § 528. Show less



Bendett & McHugh, PC

• Portland, ME

• Associate, State of Maine

  • 2012 - 2014

  Mortgage default counsel for national banks and servicers LItigated Maine judicial contested foreclosures from the filing fo an answer or counterclaim through trial when necessary. Represented creditors in a wide array of bankruptcy proceedings. Provided leadership, coaching, training, and guidance to staff, and managed day-to-day operations and workload of Maine office as Co-Managing Counsel. Mortgage default counsel for national banks and servicers LItigated Maine judicial contested foreclosures from the filing fo an answer or counterclaim through trial when necessary. Represented creditors in a wide array of bankruptcy proceedings. Provided leadership, coaching, training, and guidance to staff, and managed day-to-day operations and workload of Maine office as Co-Managing Counsel.