Areas of Practice
Education
- Cornell University Law School, J.D., 1995, magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Articles Editor, Cornell Law Review
- Darmouth College, B.A., 1990, magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1999
- Washington, 1996
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
- 5th Cir., 2007
- E.D. Tex., 1999
- N.D. Tex, 1999
- S.D. Tex., 1999
- W.D. Tex., 1999
Lauren Harrison is a partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group and practices from the firm's Houston office. Her practice primarily includes antitrust, general commercial litigation, and intellectual property. She represents clients in the areas of alternative energy development, traditional oil exploration and production, energy infrastructure, chemical and mechanical engineering, software development, entertainment, media distribution, and diverse manufacturing industries.
Ms. Harrison served as a judicial clerk from 1995–1996 to the Honorable Thomas S. Zilly in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and from 1996–1997 to the late Honorable Eugene A. Wright in the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. She is a 1995 graduate of Cornell University Law School where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as Articles Editor for the Cornell Law Review. She received her bachelor of arts degree from Dartmouth College, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and was selected as a Senior Fellow of the Class of 1990.
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Antitrust Law (listed annually since 2008)
- Recognized in "Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in the area of Antitrust (2005–2007)
- Listed in Texas Super Lawyers in the areas of Antitrust and Business Litigation (listed annually since 2009)
- Named a "Texas Rising Star" in Texas Monthly in the area of Business Litigation (2005–2008)
News
- Cortlan H. Maddux and Lauren J. Harrison Join Jones Walker's Houston Office
- Jones Walker Announces New Partners, Office Heads, and Board of Directors Members
Presentations
- "Antitrust Considerations in Cross-Border Transactions", December 2006
- Featured Speaker, "Commercial Damages", February 2006
Publications
- "The Unlucky Thirteenth: An Amendment in Search of a Doctrine"
80 Cornell L. Rev. 372, 1995
Memberships
- Children at Risk (Member, Board of Directors, 2010 to date)
- Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston (Member, Advisory Board, 2004 to date; Board of Directors 2000–2004)
- State Bar of Texas (Standing Committee, Women in the Profession, 2006 to date)
