Lauren Hadden joins SSG as a Senior Associate, where she counsels clients on legislative and regulatory policy in multiple policy areas, including energy and environmental quality, healthcare, as well as legal and insurance related issues. Lauren comes to SSG with 10 years of legal, governmental affairs, and regulatory experience. Prior to joining SSG, Lauren served as General Counsel for the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI), as well as the Director of LABI’s Energy/Environmental Quality, Healthcare, and Civil Justice Reform Councils, during which time she led and implemented LABI’s legislative strategy on behalf of the business community at large.

Prior to her time at LABI, Lauren was a Partner at Taylor Porter, LLP, a law firm based in Baton Rouge, where she primarily maintained a litigation-based practiced in insurance defense, labor and employment, and products liability actions, in addition to advising on regulatory compliance issues. Lauren began her political career as a Governmental Affairs Associate at AARP Louisiana.

Lauren earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Communication from the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication, and her Juris Doctorate from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, where she graduated with honors and served as a member of the Louisiana Law Review. She lives in Baton Rouge with her husband William and their three children.