Lauren A. Daming

With experience advising on employment matters, Lauren represents clients facing issues related to discrimination, leaves and accommodations, wage and hour issues, employee benefits, and traditional labor issues. Her litigation experience includes the representation of clients in a variety of employment disputes in federal and state court, as well as in arbitration and before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and National Labor Relations Board.

Recognizing that privacy issues impact virtually every aspect of the employment relationship, Lauren is experienced in counseling clients regarding the many privacy issues that affect employers. Her experience includes both advising and representing clients in privacy-related employment litigation on topics involving privacy torts; pre-employment concerns such as background checks, drug testing, and best practices for interviewing candidates; medical screenings and employer obligations under the ADA and GINA; employee monitoring and surveillance; and employee data collection, such as issues involving the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), biometric information, and facial recognition technology. She also handles complex litigation matters, including those involving intensive electronic discovery aspects.

Lauren is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS). She serves as the firm’s Assistant General Counsel. With this experience, she is familiar with the day-to-day management challenges and business decisions that employers face.