Meet Lauren F. Olanoff

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Lauren is a tenacious trial attorney with almost two decades of experience trying cases in Massachusetts state and federal courts.

Lauren is part of Egan, Flanagan and Cohen’s storied Litigation team and has successfully tried dozens of cases in Massachusetts Superior, District and Housing Courts and the United States District Court. Her focus is on business disputes, probate litigation, and eminent domain/land damage but she regularly also handles personal injury, consumer protection and property tax disputes.

In 2023 Lauren recovered over $5 Million Dollars for her clients, through trial and negotiated settlements.

In 2024 Lauren was honored as a Top Women in the Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. In 2023, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts appointed her to a 5-year term on the Clients’ Security Board.

Lauren has been an attorney at Egan, Flanagan and Cohen since 2013; Partner since 2018; and Chief Operating Officer since 2023.

She is on the Board of Directors of the Hampden County Lawyers for Justice, is a member of the Hampden County Bar Association, and is an athlete, who plays soccer, softball, tennis, and golf. She and her husband, Jared, are the proud parents of two children, Julien and Leah.

• Business Disputes
• Corporate and Shareholder Litigation
• Eminent Domain/ Land Damage
• State and Local Property Tax Appeals
• Consumer Protection/ 93A
• Personal Injury including Wrongful Death and Medical Malpractice

• Settled a birth-injury medical negligence case for over $4 million.
• Settled a motor vehicle accident for policy limit of $1 million.
• Won $180,000 after trial against a home contracting firm who had sued her clients for $160,000 (and clients owed contractor nothing after trial).
• Settled a case for $200,000 plus buyback for clients experiencing construction defects in a newly-constructed home.
• With Jack Egan, after two-week trial, obtained judgment for over $800,000 for client in a breach of contract business dispute and successfully defended on all counterclaims.
• Obtained double damages for client after trial in a Consumer Protection/ 93A case where client purchased a defective car from an independent dealer who refused to accept responsibility.
• With Tom Day, after a four-week trial, successfully defended six medical provider clients against claims of malpractice, resulting in a total defense verdict.
• Settled a case on behalf of the estate of woman abused in a nursing home for $200,000.
• Obtained appellate victories for clients in a number of civil and criminal matters.

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

• Tulane University Law School, J.D.
  • Top Honors, Tulane University Law School Trial Advocacy
• Johns Hopkins University, B.A.