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Lauren E. McClain

Shareholder

Email lem@hfmlegal.com

  • Personal Injury
  • Toxic Torts
  • Products Liability

Biography

Lauren McClain is a Shareholder at Humphrey, Farrington & McClain who has extensive litigation experience and has been integral in helping the firm to obtain top verdicts and settlements throughout the country. Missouri Lawyers Weekly has recognized Lauren on two occasions for her role in securing the largest plaintiff’s verdict. In 2014, Missouri Lawyers Weekly honored Lauren with its Missouri Lawyers Award for her role in securing a $28 Million Verdict in a Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis/Metalworking Fluid Case in Berger v. Copeland Compressor Corp. Again in 2017, Missouri Lawyers Weekly recognized Lauren with its Missouri Lawyers Award after a Springfield Jury awarded $20.6 Million in damages as a result of injuries her client sustained from exposure to trichloroethylene (TCE) in Kirk v. FAG Bearings.

Lauren graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law in 2012. Prior to attending law school, Lauren earned a bachelor’s degree cum laude in economics from Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.

Notable Verdicts & Settlements

  • $28 Million Verdict in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis/Metalworking Fluid Case – Berger v. Copeland Compressor Corp., 2013
  • $20.6 Million Verdict in Chemical Exposure Case – Kirk v. FAG Bearings, 2016
  • $10 Million Verdict in Occupational Exposure Case – Philpott v. Kansas City Power & Light, 2017
  • Numerous Confidential Settlements

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri, 2012
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 2013
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Iowa, 2015
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2015
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2015
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2015
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2016
  • Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

BA, Economics (cum laude) Graceland University, Lamoni Iowa, 2009

J.D., University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 2012

Honors & Awards

Rising Star — Missouri & Kansas

Super Lawyers 2018-2021

Largest Plaintiff’s Verdicts of 2016

Missouri Lawyers Media 2017

Largest Plaintiff’s Verdicts of 2013

Missouri Lawyers Media 2014

Top 100 Verdicts of 2016

National Law Journal 

Top 100 Verdicts of 2013

National Law Journal