Lauren KiefnerAttorney
Lauren Kiefner is an associate in the firm’s Oklahoma City office. Lauren is a member of the Appellate Practice Group and has experience representing clients before both the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals and the Oklahoma Supreme Court, including successfully applying to the Oklahoma Supreme Court to assume original jurisdiction and issue a writ of prohibition. Her love for brief writing has led her to maintain an active litigation motion practice where she has advocated for and defended clients in a broad range of complex commercial disputes in state and federal court. As a member of the Administrative & Regulatory Practice Group, Lauren also advises clients on a wide variety of issues involving state agencies and the laws and regulations that govern them, including the Open Records Act, the Public Competitive Bidding Act, and the Central Purchasing Act, among others.
Lauren graduated cum laude from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law where she received her Juris Doctor and a Certificate in Business Law. During law school, Lauren was a senior editor for the Washington University Law Review, received two CALI awards for top performance in legal writing and served as a judicial intern for Justice Noma D. Gurich of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Lauren received her Bachelor of Arts in political science from Baylor University where she graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the Honors College and Phi Beta Kappa.
Washington University School of Law
St. Louis, MO
J.D., 2019
Honors:
Cum Laude
Certificate in Business Law
Washington University Law Review, Senior Editor
Baylor University
Waco, TX
B.A., Political Science, 2016
Honors:
Magna Cum Laude
Honors College, Member
Phi Beta Kappa, Member
- Oklahoma, 2019
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 2019
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 2019
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 2019
- American Bar Association, Member
- Federal Bar Association, Member
- Oklahoma Bar Association Appellate Practice Section, Secretary (2023)
- Oklahoma Bar Association Appellate Practice Section, Vice-Chair (2024)
- Oklahoma Bar Association Appellate Practice Section, Chairperson (2025)
- Oklahoma Bar Association Government & Administrative Law Section, Member
- Listed in Super Lawyers Oklahoma as a Rising Star - Appellate (2024)
- Listed in Best Lawyers Ones to Watch (OKC) for work in Appellate Practice (2023 - Present)*
- NextGen Under 30, IonOklahoma, 2023
*Crowe & Dunlevy has no input in the rating methodologies used by Best Lawyers.
- Speaker, "Civil Procedure and Federal Jurisdiction," The Tenth Circuit Year in Review, December 28, 2022, Oklahoma City, OK
- Speaker, "Civil Procedure and Federal Jurisdiction," The Tenth Circuit Year in Review, December 28, 2020, Oklahoma City, OK
- Speaker, "Civil Procedure and Federal Jurisdiction," The Tenth Circuit Year in Review, December 30, 2019, Oklahoma City, OK