Lauren Penrod focuses her practice on defending clients in high-exposure and complex cases, including transportation, trucking, utility companies, automobile, general liability, premises liability, products liability, and malpractice. She is also experienced in Michigan No-Fault matters. Lauren has spent her career defending large corporations and other commercial clients in a wide array of matters in both state and federal courts.
- Voluntary dismissal of trucking company and driver following filing of motion for summary disposition based on sudden emergency defense
- Motion for summary disposition win for landscaping company client as to plaintiff’s premises liability claim for slip and fall on ice
- Motion for summary disposition granted as to trucking company client based on client’s non-involvement in underlying accident
- Obtain dismissal of non-emergency medical transportation company related to plaintiff’s failure to substantiate negligence claim
- Successfully dismiss utility company client following utility company’s inclusion in case due to notice of non-party fault
Admissions
- Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
Memberships
- Italian American Bar Association of Michigan
- American Bar Association
- Oakland County Bar Association
- Macomb County Bar Association
- Detroit Bar Association
Education
- J.D., University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 2017
- Italian American Bar Association of Michigan Scholarship Recipient
- B.A, University of Michigan, 2014
Honors
- Super Lawyers® Rising Stars distinction in Personal Injury – General: Defense, General Litigation, Insurance Coverage, and Civil Litigation: Defense, 2021-2024
- Best Lawyers in America® distinction in Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, 2026
Languages
- German