Lauren Blazing
Partner San Francisco
lblazing@edelson.com (628) 251-2045
I graduated summa cum laude from Duke University with a degree in Political Science Cultural Anthropology and received my J.D. from Yale Law School. I represent individuals in a broad array of mass torts and class actions.
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Curriculum Vitae
LAUREN BLAZING is a Partner at Edelson PC where her work focuses on mass torts and class actions.
Lauren represents more than 1,000 cancer victims with claims against ethylene oxide sterilizers across the country, and leads the daily litigation of those matters nationwide.
Before joining Edelson, Lauren clerked for the Honorable Janet C. Hall in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Lauren received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she co-chaired the Title IX Working Group and served as a research assistant studying Intentional Violence in International Sport with Professor Alice M. Miller. At Yale, Lauren co-directed the HAVEN Medical Legal Partnership, which provides legal services to underserved and undocumented patients at the university’s community health clinic. She also participated in the Jerome S. Frank Veterans Legal Services Clinic, where her team worked to combat racial and gender inequities in the U.S. Military Service Academies.
- Representing more than 1,000 cancer victims seeking recovery against ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilizer companies with facilities across the country. E.g., Rex v. Medline Industries, Inc., et al., No. 2019-L-009505 (Cir. Ct. Cook County); Koch v. Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Inc. et al., No. 2023-L-000686 (Cir. Ct. Cook County); Knobbe v. Isomedix Operations, Inc. et al., No. 2022 L 008574 (Cir. Ct. Cook County); Isaacks v. Terumo BCT Sterilization Services, No. 2022-cv-031124 (Jefferson Cty., Co.). In this role, Lauren has defeated countless key defendant motions, coordinated and conducted multi-jurisdictional, multi-defendant, and multi-plaintiff discovery, led expert discovery, and repeatedly advanced these matters to trial.
- Recognized as a Rising Star of the Plaintiffs Bar by The National Law Journal, 2024
- Co-Author, Report, Gatekeepers to Opportunity: Gender Disparities in Congressional Nominations to the Military Service Academies, Conn. Veterans Legal Center (Jul. 26, 2019)
- Co-Author, Report, Gatekeepers to Opportunity: Racial Disparities in Congressional Nominations to the Military Service Academies, Conn. Veterans Legal Center (Mar. 16, 2021)
- California
- New York