Lauren Wacker concentrates her practice on commercial, real estate, appellate and tort litigation. Lauren has significant experience in all aspects of the litigation process, including pre-trial investigation and dispute resolution, motion practice, trials and appeals. She has represented clients in both state and federal courts, including the Supreme Court of Missouri and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Lauren’s clients span from multinational Fortune 500 companies to local, family-owned companies, including real estate developers, lenders, loan servicers, large-scale lessors, small businesses, large-scale manufacturers, and railroads. Among her many successes is her defense of a mortgage lender against a class action petition seeking to compel a change in Missouri law. The plaintiffs advocated that a mortgage lender should be liable for the unauthorized practice of law if it procured form legal documents from a third party without the assistance and review of a Missouri-licensed attorney. After obtaining summary judgment in the lender’s favor, Lauren drafted the winning respondent brief before the Supreme Court of Missouri, resulting in a published opinion (Binkley v. American Equity Mortgage, Inc., 447 S.W.3d 194 (Mo. 2014)).