Lauren Peebles

Senior Counsel - Trust & Estates

 

Practice Groups

Trust & Estates

Experience

Lauren N. Peebles joined the Office of General Counsel in May 2024 and serves as Senior Counsel for the Trusts & Estates (T&E) team. Lauren’s practice focuses on gifts made to the University from the trusts and estates of deceased donors and related litigation.

Lauren provides advice and guidance on T&E matters and helps protects the University’s beneficial interest in nearly 1,000 active trust and estate matters.

Lauren is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, the California Lawyers Association Trust and Estates Section, the East Bay Trusts and Estates Lawyers, the California Association of Black Lawyers, and the Charles Houston Bar Association.

Prior to joining the University, Lauren successfully managed her own law firm, focusing her practice exclusively on trust and estate matters. Through this experience, Lauren gained broad exposure to various complex issues that arise in the trust and estate context and was a trusted partner to the local probate courts, regularly being appointed as a Special Administrator to oversee complex and often neglected probate administrations.

Lauren is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®--an international service organization founded in 1908; as well as a member of the San Francisco Chapter of The Links, Incorporated®.

Education

University of Oregon School of Law, J.D.

University of California, Berkeley