Lauren C.M. Sheppard

Lauren C.M. Sheppard is an associate in the law firm of Sterling & Tucker, LLP. Following law school, she served as a law clerk for the Trial Court of Massachusetts, Probate & Family Court Department. Pursuing a life-long dream, she then moved to Hawaii to serve as law clerk to Chief Judge Randall Valenciano of the Fifth Circuit Court of Kauai. In 2009 Ms. Sheppard joined the Kauai County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. In 2011 she was promoted to Second Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, whereby she prosecuted all Circuit Court felony property and white-collar crimes, and supervised all District Court deputy prosecutors. As a Deputy Prosecutor, Ms. Sheppard successfully prosecuted numerous bench and jury trials, conducted oral argument before the Intermediate Court of Appeals, and conducted regular grand jury proceedings and preliminary hearings.

In 2011, Ms. Sheppard accepted a civil litigation associate position with the law firm Motooka, Yamamoto & Revere, LLLP. In that position, she second chaired an eight-week jury trial resulting in a verdict for her plaintiff clients in the amount of $3.87 million dollars and later resulting in a $1.175 million dollar settlement prior to appeal. In 2012, she assisted in the founding of the civil litigation law firm Revere & Associates, LLLC. In 2014 she was promoted to lead associate, whereby she continued to handle her civil litigation caseload and provided supervision to the other associate attorneys. In her position, Ms. Sheppard participated in many successful arbitrations as well as bench and jury trials, including a three-week jury trial in 2016, resulting in a $5.66 million dollar verdict for her plaintiff client.