Lauren Loney

Lauren Loney

Texas State Director, The Humane Society of the United States

Lauren graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law where she was on the Executive Boards of the Environmental Law Society and the UT Chapter of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. She is a licensed attorney in Texas and has practiced environmental justice and affordable housing law in low-income communities across the state. Before joining HSUS, Lauren was a Staff Attorney and Advocacy Co-Director at Texas Housers, a civil rights and affordable housing nonprofit based in Austin. Prior to attending law school, Lauren was an aquatic biologist in Central Texas where she studied the endangered Comal Springs riffle beetle, endemic to the Edward’s Aquifer. She holds a M.S. in Aquatic Resources from Texas State University and a B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology from Mizzou-(rah!). In her free time Lauren is an avid vegan cook and loves to hike and camp with her two pups, Daffodil and Ranger.

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