Up and Coming
Provided by Lauren Purdy
Appellate Law
Business Litigation
Class Action Defense
Professional Liability Defense
Transportation
Lauren Purdy serves as Gunster’s Jacksonville Office Managing Shareholder and co-chair of the firm’s Appellate practice. She advises local, national and multinational clients in a wide array of business disputes in both state and federal courts. Lauren’s practice is focused on complex commercial litigation, transportation and professional liability matters at both the trial and appellate court levels. She also serves as one of the firm’s Loss Prevention Partners where she assists the firm’s general counsel with internal loss prevention issues. Lauren previously served as vice chair of Gunster’s Business Litigation Practice Group.
As a trial lawyer who also maintains a substantial appellate practice, Lauren is personally dedicated to bringing a unique and well-rounded perspective to litigation strategy and courtroom advocacy. Lauren’s experience in trial and appellate courts includes the representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in jury trials, bench trials and arbitration hearings. She has also briefed and argued complex commercial appellate matters before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Florida Supreme Court and other Florida appellate courts.
Lauren joined Gunster in 2013 after completing two separate one year clerkships. The first clerkship was for Judge Robert L. Hinkle of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, and then for Judge Joel F. Dubina of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Outside the practice of law, Lauren is committed to serving both her local Jacksonville community and greater Florida. Drawing on her love of sports, Lauren has supported the JaxSports Council and Gator Bowl in various volunteer roles over the past several years. She is also a member of the Women’s Giving Alliance, a philanthropic organization dedicated to the mission of improving the lives of women and girls in Northeast Florida. And as a graduate of Leadership Florida, Lauren has served in numerous leadership roles within the organization, which connects statewide leaders striving to build a stronger future for the state of Florida.
-Jacksonville Federal Court Bar Association, 2013-present
President-Elect, 2024-present
Vice President - Membership, 2023-2024
Vice President - Programs, 2022-23
Treasurer, 2021-22
Nimmons Seminar Chair, 2021
Summer Series for Law Students, Co-Chair, 2017
-Jacksonville Bar Association, 2013-present
-Chester Bedell American Inn of Court
Barrister Member, 2019-22
Program Chair, 2020
Alumni Member, 2015-19, 2022-present
Associate Member, 2014-15
Provided by Chambers
Lauren Purdy is co-chair of Gunster's appellate practice. She has experience in representing clients in a variety of novel cases, including governmental challenges, First Amendment and wrongful death cases.
Provided by Chambers
Lauren has a tremendous business mind. She also does trial work so is able to bring an element of realism.
Lauren has a tremendous business mind. She also does trial work so is able to bring an element of realism.