Lauren S. DeShields

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Lauren DeShields serves within Motley Rice’s in-house legal department. As Assistant General Counsel, Lauren advises the firm and its attorneys on several important matters including risk management, ethics, marketing, contracts and regulatory compliance.

Lauren served as outside general counsel for corporate clients prior to joining Motley Rice, advising companies in numerous industries at a business law firm. There, she drafted and negotiated contracts, managed private securities offerings and handled business mergers and acquisitions.

Lauren clerked for multiple personal injury and business law firms in Columbia, S.C., and completed an externship with AGFirst Farm Credit Bank while pursuing her legal studies. She served as Technology Editor for the American Bar Association’s Real Property Trust and Estate Law Journal, tutored first-year students in contracts law, and is a CALI Award recipient in Contracts Law.

Awards, Accolades & Recognitions

Charleston Business Magazine

2022-2023 Legal Elite - Business Organizations

Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce

2023 Leadership Charleston

Blog Posts

November 11, 2024

A Thank You for Our Veterans

by: Joseph F. Rice

February 26, 2020

Decade in Review: Plaintiffs’ Litigation Highlights Causes, Not Just Cases

by: Joseph F. Rice

May 28, 2019

SCOTUS preemption ruling good news for drug and device plaintiffs Causes, Not Just Cases

by: Louis M. Bograd

News

April 28, 2025

The history and legacy of Workers’ Memorial Day

by:
M. Nolan We

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Education & Credentials

University Attended:
East Carolina University, B.S., 2017
Law School Attended:
University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2021
Year of First Admission:
2021
Admission:
2021, South Carolina
Memberships:

Associations

South Carolina Bar Association - Young Lawyer's Division, Women in Law, and Corporate, Banking and Finance Section

ISLN:
1001104342

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