Member Spotlight: Get to Know Lauren Snyder

Lauren, a white woman with brown hair, wears a burgundy colored blouse. Foliage in the background.By Lauren Snyder 

My name is Lauren Snyder, and I’m honored to serve as Vice Chair of the WIP Committee this year. I’m also excited to be featured in the first member spotlight this year and look forward to reading about my fellow members in the months to come!

What law school did you attend, and what was your graduation year?

GW Law, 2013.

Describe what a typical workday is like.

I just moved in-house after ten and a half years in private practice, so it has shifted quite a bit. My job now is negotiating contracts and solving corporate problems. I love the mix of drafting/editing agreements and meeting with folks to help solve problems in real time. I’d say I spend about half my time in meetings and half drafting. I also have awesome colleagues who I love to get lunch with or attend various SAS activities with. (I recently took an amazing cooking class and have signed up for a ballet strength conditioning class in October.)

Describe what you like to do outside of work.

I love to hang out with my children, volunteer at our elementary school and our church, run, do Pilates, and decorate for holidays. (I’m obsessed with holidays!)

Please describe a barrier or obstacle you have faced in your professional career.

Aside from dealing with COVID’s impact on the legal profession, the biggest barrier I have probably faced is being a working mom. Becoming a mom fundamentally changed me as a human being. My priorities shifted, and I had to reevaluate what was important to me. I am grateful that I worked at a law firm that valued people as individuals and now have joined a company that is also incredibly supportive of its employees. But finding the right balance between being a lawyer and being a mom is something I will struggle with always.

Please describe your reasons for becoming involved in the Women in the Profession Committee.

We need to keep making advancements for women generally, and I think there is nothing more powerful or productive than a group of motivated women. And I think we need to lean on each other as role models, mentors, and cheerleaders. The women mentors I have been fortunate enough to have in my career have impacted my trajectory tremendously!