Lauren Navarro

Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP

Lauren Navarro is an associate in the firm’s investigations and white-collar criminal defence group and a member of the FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption practice. Lauren’s practice focuses on complex white-collar criminal matters, including defending clients facing US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement proceedings and conducting internal investigations with and without parallel government investigations. Lauren also regularly advises clients on compliance issues including anti-corruption, global risk assessments, training, third-party due diligence, and the development of effective, risk-based compliance programmes. Lauren also has experience in-house after working for six months as an investigator in the ethics and integrity group at a large, multinational software company. Lauren has also worked on commercial litigation matters and has experience taking depositions, drafting discovery-related pleadings and motions, and managing document reviews and productions. In addition, Lauren is an active member of the firm’s pro bono practice.

Lauren received her JD with pro bono distinction from Stanford Law School, where she was an advanced clinical student in the Stanford Community Law Clinic. While at Stanford, she was also an associate editor of the Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance, and the co-Vice President of Community Service and Social Justice for the Women of Stanford Law. She received her B.A. in International Development Studies, with a minor in Political Science, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Los Angeles. While in law school, Lauren was a legal intern for the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York.