Lauren Schantz

Lauren Schantz is an associate who practices in the firm’s civil litigation and business groups.  In her litigation practice, she handles disputes involving member and shareholder information requests and derivative demands; breach of fiduciary duty claims and other business torts; misappropriation of trade secrets; enforcement of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements; and general contract enforcement.  As part of her business practice, Lauren enjoys helping clients with entity formation and dissolution, as well as routine corporate governance matters.

Prior to joining RCD, Lauren served as the Senior Law Clerk to the Honorable Louis A. Bledsoe, III, Chief Business Court Judge (retired), and the Honorable Adam M. Conrad, Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases, for the North Carolina Business Court.  She also served as the Assistant Secretary and Corporate Governance Advisor for Carilion Clinic, a regional health care system in Virginia.  Outside of the office, Lauren enjoys spending time with her two sons, supporting initiatives designed to raise awareness about ASD-1, and fostering kittens for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control.

Bar Admissions

North Carolina, 2005
U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, 2026

Education

University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., with High Honors, 2005; Order of the Coif
North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Staff and Symposium Editor, 2003-2005
College of William & Mary, B.A., Government, summa cum laude, 2002
Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa

Honors and Awards

College of William & Mary Young Alumni Service Award (2015)

Publications

Rayburn Cooper & Durham, P.A.’s Business Court Blast, regular contributor
Toward a More Perfect Union: How Governance Support Professionals Can Promote “Systemness,” Governance Notes (The Governance Inst., San Diego, Cal.), June 2019
Age Diversity: Developing a Strategy to Recruit (and Retain) Younger Directors, Governance Notes (The Governance Inst., San Diego, Cal.), Nov. 2018
Power Plays: Reallocating Power Under the New Russian Federation Code of Criminal Procedure, 30 N.C. J. Int’l L. & Com. Reg. 429 (2004)

Speaker

Panelist, Lifecycle of a Business, Mecklenburg Bar Association 2026 Annual Review CLE (Jan. 2026)
Moderator, North Carolina Business Court Judges’ Panel, 13th annual North Carolina Business Court CLE (Nov. 2025)
Presenter, Business Court 101, Mecklenburg County Bar Business Law Section CLE (Sept. 2021)
Panelist, Effective Technology in the Business Court in the Wake of COVID-19, 8th Annual North Carolina Business Court CLE (Oct. 2020)
General Session Speaker, Gavels, Gadgets, and Gearshifts: Carilion’s Path to Greater Governance, The Governance Institute Support Conference (Aug. 2015)
Presenter, From Parli-NO to Parli-Pro, Virginia Association of Healthcare Auxiliaries & Volunteers Conference (Oct. 2014)

Associations and Memberships

Mecklenburg Bar Association Business Law Section, 2019-present; Vice Chair, 2024-2025; Chair 2025-2026
North Carolina Bar Association Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Section, 2025-present
Women Lawyers of Charlotte, 2019-present

Community Service

The Epiphany School of Charlotte, Inc. Board of Directors, 2025-present; Secretary, 2025-2026; Vice Chair, 2026-present
College of William & Mary Alumni Association Charlotte Alumni Regional Network Board of Directors, 2020-present; Secretary, 2020-2026
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law Charlotte Alumni Regional Club, Member-at-Large, 2020-2024

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