Lauren DuVal Donofrio
Lauren joined the firm in 2006. She focuses her practice in the areas of appellate practice, civil and commercial litigation, and bank fraud recovery. Lauren is the Secretary of the Italian American Bar Association of Michigan, the Secretary of the Macomb Chapter of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Macomb Region, and she has been appointed to sit on the local district committee for Character and Fitness. She is also a member of the Appellate Practice Section Council, a member of the Michigan Appellate Bench Bar Conference Foundation, and serves on the Public Policy Committee of the Macomb County Chamber of Commerce. She received her B.A. in both Sociology and History from Colgate University in 1998. She received her J.D., cum laude, from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in 2002, Lauren practiced law in Portland, Oregon before returning to Michigan in 2003.
Areas of Practice
- Appeals
- Commercial Disputes
- Fraud Recovery
- Litigation
- Municipal and Police Defense
- Personal Injury
- Workers' Compensation Claims Defense
Bar Admissions
- Oregon, 2002
- Michigan, 2003
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2003
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2005
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2004
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2007
Education
- Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 2002
- Colgate University, Hamilton, New York
- B.A. - 1998
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Michigan
- Oregon State Bar
- Macomb County Bar Association
- Italian American Bar Association
- Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
- Macomb County Chamber of Commerce, Active Member
- American Bar Association - Judicial Division
- American Bar Association - Appellate Judges Conference
- American Bar Association - Council of Appellate Lawyers
- Michigan Appellate Bench Bar Conference Foundation
- State Bar District D Character and Fitness Committee
