The Antonino Firm LLC | An Atlanta Litigation Attorney Who Thinks Outside Of The Box
Lauren Antonino

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Practice Areas:
- Business Litigation
- Contract Drafting and Dispute Resolution
- Employment Counseling and Litigation
- Securities Litigation & Class Action
- Sports and Entertainment
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Termination | Commission Disputes
- Mediation/ADR
- Trust and Estate/Probate Litigation
- Banking Litigation
Biography
Lauren Antonino has over 30 years of complex litigation experience. At The Antonino Firm, Ms. Antonino focuses on business litigation, real estate litigation, and trust and probate litigation. She also selectively handles insurance coverage disputes, personal injury claims, and employment law matters.
Antonino is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Duke University, earning an A.B. degree with magna cum laude honors in 1984. She is a 1987 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law where she served on the managing board of the Virginia Tax Review and as a defense counsel for the University Honor System. Following law school, she clerked for the late Honorable M. Oliver Koelsch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle, Washington.
Antonino has been a featured speaker on securities litigation, employment law, alternative dispute resolution and product liability issues. She has served as a presenter for public pension fund conferences, the American Bar Association Convention, the Alternative Dispute Resolution Convention and ICLE. In July 2000, her article entitled ""The Seven Steps of Effective Workplace Investigations (with Sample Questions)' was published in The Practical Litigator. Her article ""Fast Companies Need Fast Lawyers; Speeding Up Dispute Resolutions,' was published in Competitive Edge. Antonino has been published in Mealey's Litigation Reports, Drugs and Medical Devices, and has been quoted in numerous publications, including Business Week.
She is a member of the American Mensa Society and has been listed in the National Registry of Who's Who, Who's Who in American Law, the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Georgia's Super Lawyers, and Lawyers of Distinction. Antonino is admitted to practice before all Georgia state trial and appellate courts, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Antonino is a Past President and a former member of the Board of Directors for the Legal Clinic for the Homeless and of the Atlanta Legal Aid Advisory Board. In honor of a former client, Ms. Antonino has co-chaired the MDA Night of Hope and has served on its Executive Committee for fifteen years. The Night of Hope has raised over eleven millions of dollars for research to find a cure for Lou Gehrig’s Disease/ALS.
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia
- J.D. - 1987
- Honors: Defense Counsel for the University Honor System
- Law Review, Virginia Tax Review, Managing Board, 1986, 1987
- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- A.B. - 1984
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admission
- Georgia, 1987
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1989
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1988
Honors
- National Registry of Who's Who, 2000 Edition
- American Mensa Society, Member
- Georgia’s Super Lawyers for 5 years
- Lawyer International - Legal 100 - 2025 winner in the category of Best Boutique Law Firm for Business Services
- Clerkship for the Honorable M. Oliver Koelsh, Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 1987-1988
- Lawyers of Distinction
- Super Lawyers of Georgia, 2025
- Top 100, National Trial Lawyers (2016-2020)
Professional and Civic Associations
- Atlanta Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- State Bar of Georgia, Member
- AAJ, Latex Allergy Litigation Group, Chairperson
- MDL 1148, In Re Latex Gloves, Member, Plaintiff's Steering Committee, 1997 to 2000
- Board Member, Los Ninos Primeros, Sandy Springs 2016-2019 (non-profit dedicated to helping underserved communities)
- Member of Executive Committee, Muscular Dystrophy Association Night of Hope, 2009-present (Co-Chair 2017) (non-profit raising money to find a cure for ALS)
- Member, Fiduciary Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Mediator