Lauren A. VanHemel is an Associate with Bursor & Fisher, P.A. Lauren focuses her practice on complex civil litigation, data privacy, and class actions. She was a Summer Associate and part-time law clerk with Bursor & Fisher before joining the firm full time in Fall 2025.

Lauren is admitted to the State Bar of Florida. She received her Juris Doctor in 2025 from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. During law school, Lauren served as internal vice president of the Florida Moot Court Team and notes & comments editor of the UF Journal of Law and Public Policy. Lauren competed and coached numerous moot court competitions, winning best brief and second overall at the 2023-2024 McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition and second-best brief at the 2024-2025 NAAC ABA Philadelphia Regional Competition.

Prior to law school, Lauren graduated cum laude from the University of Florida with a B.A. in Criminology in 2022.