O’Melveny Worldwide

Lauren Casale is a litigation associate in O’Melveny’s New York office. Lauren has represented companies in the financial services and insurance industries in a range of cases, including in civil litigation, regulatory investigations, Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, and an international arbitration.

Lauren devotes significant time to the firm’s pro bono efforts, including representing a victim in a criminal case in New York Supreme Court. Lauren is also an active member of the O’Melveny community, and co-chairs its Community Involvement Committee’s volunteer partnership with NYC Outward Bound Schools.

  • Represented a global financial institution in regulatory investigations by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • Represented a global insurance company in a mass-tort Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware
  • Represented a global insurance company in an international arbitration in Switzerland
  • Represented underwriters in securities class actions

Languages

  • Spanish

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • Fordham University, J.D.: cum laude; Articles & Notes Editor, Fordham Law Review
  • Georgetown University, B.A., Government & Spanish

Professional Activities

Clerkships

  • Honorable Vincent L. Briccetti, US District Court, Southern District of New York

Internships

  • Honorable John F. Keenan, US District Court, Southern District of New York
  • US Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Branch
  • Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Domestic Violence Misdemeanors

Publications

  • Lauren Casale, Note, Back to the Future:  Permitting Habeas Petitions Based on Intervening Retroactive Case Law to Alter Convictions and Sentences, 87 Fordham L. Rev. 1577 (2019)