Lauren D. Layne

Lauren D. Layne is a Shareholder at Baker Manock & Jensen, PC and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. She is also the firm’s Business Department Chair and leads the Water Law and Public Agency practice groups.

Background

Lauren D. Layne is a Shareholder at Baker Manock & Jensen, PC and the firm’s Business Department Chair.  She also leads the firm’s Water Law and Public Agency practice groups. Her law practice focuses on general water and environmental law, including CEQA and NEPA compliance, and includes various business transactional matters in the areas of water rights, water quality, public agency law, agribusiness, and real property. She also assists clients with land acquisitions and eminent domain proceedings. In addition to representing private farming clients, she serves as general counsel to various irrigation and water districts, flood control districts, and a number of Groundwater Sustainability Agencies.  Lauren attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where she majored in Soil Science, chaired the National Agricultural Ambassador Conference, and competed on the Livestock Judging Team. While attending McGeorge School of Law, Lauren competed on the Mock Trial team and was a judicial extern for the Honorable Ronald B. Robie at the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District.

Lauren is a native of Porterville and has an agricultural background that includes farming, growing citrus and olives, and raising sheep. She was very involved in both 4-H and FFA, is a past 4-H Leader, and received her American FFA Degree.  She is currently serving as the President to the Cal Poly Alumni Association Board of Directors and as the Vice Chair of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Cal Poly College of Agriculture Food and Environmental Sciences. Lauren also serves as the Past President of the McGeorge School of Law Alumni Association.  She is the Chair of the Association of California Water Agencies (“ACWA”) State Legislative Committee and serves on the ACWA Legal Affairs Committee.  Lauren is co-chair of the Fresno County Bar Association Ag Law Section and is a member of the Fresno County Women Lawyers and Fresno County Farm Bureau.