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Lauren N. Moore

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Lauren N. Moore

Partner

Washington DC + 1 202 663 6160

Lauren Moore is a strategic advisor with experience at the intersection of law, public policy, and media. Drawing on her experience in the White House and US Senate, her practice focuses on government and internal investigations and crisis management. She has extensive experience handling sensitive internal investigations involving allegations of misconduct, harassment, and discrimination; conducting civil rights reviews; representing entities in congressional investigations; and litigating False Claims Act cases at the district and appellate level. Ms. Moore also advises on federal civil rights laws and a broad range of public policy issues. 

Ms. Moore routinely advises many of the leading organizations in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. She represents several of the largest private foundations, community foundations, impact investment firms, and boards on civil rights matters, government enforcement, and crisis readiness.

Before returning to WilmerHale, Ms. Moore served in the White House Counsel’s Office, where she advised on executive orders and litigation related to civil rights policy. In that role, she worked closely with officials at the Department of Justice and agency general counsels on policy, regulatory, and litigation matters related to the administration’s agenda.

Before that, Ms. Moore served as General Counsel to Kamala D. Harris on the US Senate Judiciary Committee, where she provided strategic advice on numerous high-profile judicial confirmation and oversight hearings. She advised on questions for public hearings; led policy proposals relating to civil rights, voting rights and democracy, campaign finance, and other matters; engaged with civil rights groups, external stakeholders, and media; and advised on the strategic direction of the Senator’s work on the Judiciary Committee.

Ms. Moore’s lawyering has been recognized by Bloomberg Law, The National Law Journal, and Savoy Magazine, among others.

Representative Matters

  • Internal Investigations and Compliance Reviews

    • Multiple private foundations, large non-profits, and funders on diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and practices, including related grantmaking and investments
    • Multiple prominent financial institutions in internal reviews to assess compliance with civil rights and anti-discrimination laws
    • Multiple publicly-traded companies in internal investigations following allegations against senior employees of harassment, race and gender-based discrimination, and other violations of workplace conduct policies
    • Colleges and universities in internal investigations following reported allegations of race- and gender-based discrimination and violations of university policies

  • Government Investigations

    • A large technology company in hearings before the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on artificial intelligence and election integrity
    • A large technology company in a hearing before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on content moderation policies
    • A multinational beverage corporation in a House Judiciary Committee investigation into allegations of political censorship in advertising
    • A multinational technology company in an investigation by the US House Select Committee on China
    • A prominent accounting firm in transcribed interviews with the House Committee on Education and the Workforce relating to government agency audits
    • Multiple Fortune 100 companies in inquiries relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion practices from the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
    • A public university in parallel investigations from the US Department of Health and Human Services and US Department of Justice related to compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
    • Several multinational technology companies in investigations by the US State Department and US Department of Homeland Security into labor practices and the use of non-immigrant visas

  • Litigation

    • A multinational technology company in False Claims Act litigation challenging labor practices and the use of non-immigrant visas, before the US District Court for the District of Columbia and the DC Circuit
    • A multinational technology company in False Claims Act litigation challenging labor practices and the use of non-immigrant visas, before the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and the Fifth Circuit

Recognition

  • Recognized by Bloomberg Law in its 2023 “They’ve Got Next: 40 Under 40” listing.
  • Named a 2023 Rising Star by the National Law Journal.
  • Recipient of Diversity Journal’s 2023 Black Leadership Award.
  • Recognized as a 2024 Rising Star by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Harvard Law School

      Editor, Harvard Law and Policy Review

    • BA, Communication and Political Science, University of Southern California

      magna cum laude

  • Admissions

    • District of Columbia

    • California

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Rosemary M. Collyer, US District Court for the District of Columbia

Credentials

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