Lauren Weber

Senior Associate

Seattle

Lauren is a member of Orrick's Supreme Court and Appellate practice.

Lauren represents clients in high-stakes appeals, with a focus on patent litigation. Lauren also joins trial teams as embedded appellate counsel to guide the team's legal strategy and draft important briefs. She has argued in the Ninth Circuit, where she won relief from removal for an immigration client seeking asylum. She also has co-authored briefs in the Second, Ninth, Tenth, D.C., and Federal Circuits, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court at both the certiorari and merits stages. Lauren has an active pro bono practice focused on immigration matters and civil rights.

Before joining Orrick, Lauren served as a law clerk to Judge Susan P. Graber of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge John R. Blakey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Lauren graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she received the Salmon Dalberg Award for outstanding member of the graduating class and was a Managing Editor for the Wisconsin Law Review. Before law school, Lauren worked for a major software company in the healthcare industry.