LSBA Board of Governors

Eighth Board District
Ms. Lauren Bianca McKnight

2020-2021
601 Poydras St Ste 2775
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 568-1990
Fax: (504) 310-9195

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Lauren B. McKnight, with McKnight Law Group, L.L.C., in Shreveport, has 16 years of experience representing clients in corporate transactions, commercial litigation and regulatory affairs in Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado, Mississippi, Ohio and Michigan. She represents start-ups, non-profits, small business owners and multi-million-dollar private and publicly traded companies. She previously served as the general counsel for JC Fodale Energy Services and as senior counsel at FFC Capital Advisors.

Lauren received a BA degree in 2001 from Centenary College of Louisiana and her JD/BCL degree in 2004 from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2004. She also was admitted to practice before the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2006; the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, 2006; the Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Court, 2014; and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 2015.

She served in the Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA) House of Delegates from 2018-20 and was a member of the 2009-10 Leadership LSBA Class. She received the LSBA’s Pro Bono Publico Award and the LSBA’s Pro Bono Century Award, both in 2010.

In her community, she volunteers at local schools, assists at shelters for victims of domestic violence, mentors high school students and recent graduates interested in the legal profession, raises funds for various non-profits and serves as a resource promoting diversity in the legal profession and business community.