Gunster is pleased to announce that shareholder Lauren Purdy was recognized during the Federal Bar Association Jacksonville Chapter's 16th annual Honorable Harvey E. Schlesinger Spirit of Giving Holiday Luncheon on December 8, 2022.
Lauren received the Spirit of Giving Award for civil litigators from the federal judges of the Jacksonville Division of the Middle District of Florida, for her pro bono service to the federal courts. She volunteered to represent two clients in the past year. In the first case, Lauren handled oral argument before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, representing a federal inmate in a First Amendment case and ultimately achieving a reversal of the District Court’s order. In the second case, she successfully resolved before the Jacksonville Division of the Middle District of Florida an Eighth Amendment case involving a death row inmate’s claim relating to failure to treat his diagnosed Hepatitis C. The case had been pending for more than five years before Purdy was appointed.
The Jacksonville Daily Record published this article highlighting the award, which is presented annually to a civil practice litigator and a criminal practice litigator who has gone above and beyond in providing service to those in need.
Lauren Purdy is a shareholder who serves as vice-chair of Gunster’s Business Litigation Practice and co-chair of its 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.
Outside the practice of law, Lauren is committed to serving both her local Jacksonville community and greater Florida.
