Bio
Lauren B. McMillen is a member of the firm's Bloomfield Hills office who practices primarily in the area of insurance coverage law.
A partner in the firm's Bloomfield Hills office, Ms. McMillen represents several major property and casualty insurance companies in numerous coverage cases throughout the Midwest. Her coverage work includes handling a variety of issues, including environmental contamination, construction defect and high-exposure product liability claims.
Representative Client List
- Defended insurer in coverage litigation and settlement negotiations involving environmental contamination at 13 separate sites located throughout the nation
- Defended insurers in coverage litigation involving a class action claim of bodily injury stemming from environmental contamination in Indiana
- Filed declaratory judgment action on behalf of insurer with respect to a manufacturing defect claim that placed over nine million policy limits at risk
- Provides coverage opinions and recommendations to insurers on a wide range of topics, including coverage for advertising injury claims, trademark infringement, vandalism, mold, pollution, defective products, automobile injuries and collisions, premises liability claims and construction defect claims
Professional Memberships
- State Bar of Michigan
- State Bar of Indiana
- State Bar of Illinois
- DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
Areas of Practice
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Credentials
Education
- Michigan State University College of Law, J.D., 2007
- Michigan State University, James Madison College, B.A., 2004
Admissions
- Michigan, 2007
- Indiana, 2008
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2008
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 2008
- Illinois, 2009
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2009
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 2010
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 2010
Honors/Awards
Honors & Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in America® for Insurance Law, 2021 -2022
- Michigan Rising Star in Insurance Coverage, Michigan Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters publication, 2012 - 2017
- Book Award for Torts
- Merit Based Scholarships