Lauryn Masters is an associate in Lathrop GPM’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group in Kansas City. She brings experience from two federal clerkships – most recently as a term law clerk to the Honorable Kurt D. Engelhardt on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and before that as a term law clerk to the Honorable Daniel D. Crabtree on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

Lauryn earned her J.D. summa cum laude from Washington University School of Law, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif and earned a Certificate in Public Interest Law. She also served as a Senior Executive Editor of the Washington University Law Review (Vol. 101) and student attorney in the Washington University First Amendment Clinic.

Before law school, Lauryn graduated from Evangel University, earning a B.B.A. in Management. She is no stranger to Lathrop GPM, having spent two summers with the firm as a summer associate in 2022 and 2023, working across tort, environmental, bankruptcy, insurance, immigration and class action matters.

Areas of Focus

Services

Credentials

Education

  • Washington University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2024)
    • Order of the Coif
    • Certificate in Public Interest Law
    • Washington University Law Review, Vol. 101, Senior Executive Editor
    • Teaching Assistant for Legal Practice course
  • Evangel University (B.B.A., Management, summa cum laude, 2021)
    • Outstanding Graduate in Management
    • Evangel Enactus, Director of Community Projects
    • Evangel Student Government Association, Senator

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Recognitions

  • Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award, May 2025 (Issued by The Burton Awards)

Publications

  • Author, “Confounding Interests: Next Best Alternatives to the Unattainable Notion of Complete Fairness in Cy-Pres-Only Class Action Settlements,” Washington University Law Review, Vol. 101, March 2024