Lauren Paxton is an executive coach and consultant, working primarily with lawyers and law firms.
Lauren’s work integrates mindset and neuroscience-based tools, working with her clients’ natural strengths to build the businesses and careers they envision.
Lauren’s coaching and consulting approach is informed by her experience as a former Chambers & Partners-ranked law firm partner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Bar Association leader, and media contributor cited in Forbes, Newsweek, and CFO Magazine. Throughout her career, Lauren has been a trusted thought-partner to lawyers and executives, and she understands firsthand the ever-changing landscape her clients are navigating.
Working with Lauren
Lauren provides individual coaching, trainings, workshops, and keynotes.
Explore our coaching and consulting pages for more information about our work with Lawyers in Private Practice, or hear from Lauren in her own words on our Media page.
In our clients’ words…
“Lauren is a straight shooter. She is honest, transparent and practical. There is no sales pitch when it comes to her coaching. It's all very practical.”
- Practice Leader, Employment
“I think it's important to have a professional coach who is both a highly successful lawyer and just a good person. Lauren has succeeded building both a professional career and a family/personal life. It's rare to find someone who's succeeded on both fronts so that's another reason why I was grateful for the coaching.”
- Senior In-House Counsel, Tech
“Lauren is extremely personable and that makes it easy to be open and authentic, which is crucial for a coaching relationship.”
- In-House Counsel, Financial Services
“Lauren has deep legal experience and an ability to connect with others. She met our lawyers where they are and offered insights that were both strategic and grounded in real legal experience.”
- Managing Partner & Head of Executive Compensation Practice
“My sessions with Lauren gave me clarity I couldn't easily find on my own. Each session uncovered new insights about my strengths, my thought patterns, and what I actually value in my current professional stage and personal vision.”
- Corporate Attorney
“Lauren’s coaching style stands above others’ I’ve worked with previously. She brings a calm and approachable style that puts you at ease and allows you to be vulnerable. She asks powerful questions in a respectful and empathetic way, her style is both refreshing and reassuring at once.”
- Partner, Private Equity
“Lauren's background as an attorney who developed her own book of business provides an additional layer of insight that most coaches are lacking. She really understands the struggles attorneys have and the real life implications of what they are setting out to do.”
- Managing Partner, Private Client Practice
Lauren is uniquely insightful and skilled at helping me see a different perspective in my law practice and provided actionable guidance that worked with my practice, my strengths and even my personality. I came out of it feeling energized, more proactive and clear on my future steps!
- Partner, Boutique Law Firm
Lauren’s Background as a Lawyer…
“Lauren is one of a kind. She was our partner for years, leading our employment practice. Her ability to connect immediately and meaningfully with colleagues and clients foreshadowed her tremendous success. Radiating the substantive depth and level of authenticity that draws out the trust and genuineness in others, she built a thriving practice largely with returning clients who, like us, recognized and relied upon her many gifts. Lauren’s a problem solver of the highest order, who is proficient with the process, generous with her time, and understanding of people and their potential. We wish her the very best in her new calling, knowing many more will benefit from all she offers.”
- Senior Partner & Co-founder
“As one of Lauren's former partners who litigated alongside of her on complex, high-stakes cases, I know firsthand that she deeply understands the pressures of the practice. Her hard-earned experience, combined with her emotional IQ and training, makes her an ideal coach for any practicing attorney.”
- Partner, Commercial Litigation
*No legal services are offered by Lauren Paxton directly, through this website, and/or otherwise through Lauren Paxton Coaching & Consulting (or any other related entity, affiliate or dba).