- BrownGreer PLC, Richmond, VA, 2012 to 2015
Lara R. Sandberg has over thirteen years of experience working on mass torts, complex settlements, and commercial litigation, helping businesses and individuals receive the compensation they deserve. Since joining Eckland & Blando in 2015, Lara has devoted her practice to litigating and negotiating settlement recoveries for individuals and businesses damaged by breach of contract, defective products, and environmental contamination. She has represented property owners damaged by the actions of the United States Government, helping those owners recover over $800 million in damages under the Tucker Act and Section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 based on breach of contract and takings claims related to the removal of valuable property rights. She has also represented individuals who suffered permanent hearing loss and tinnitus after using defective combat arms earplugs. She is currently overseeing a team of attorneys and staff to represent individuals who developed kidney cancer, testicular cancer, liver cancer, or ulcerative colitis after consuming water that was contaminated with PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.”
Lara also works closely with local and national companies to provide transactional assistance, including drafting, revising, and negotiating marine service contracts, purchase agreements, charter agreements, TOWCONs, and other contracts. Lara also handles charter parties, maritime financing, and documentation and registration matters for both commercial vessels and private yachts.
At her last firm, Lara spent several years managing hundreds of thousands of liens asserted in the Deepwater Horizon Economic and Property Damages Settlement, NFL Concussion Settlement, and U.S. ASR Hip Settlement. She confirmed settlement agreement compliance, developed settlement policies, and drafted public communications, thereby enabling the claims administrator to quantify, prioritize, and verify the authenticity of asserted liens. Lara also managed a team of attorneys to process and pay liens and worked with a local judge to develop a consensual dispute resolution process.
Lara graduated from the University of Virginia in 2007 after competing as a Division I varsity softball player. She then received her J.D. from Boston College Law School.
Lara is admitted to practice law in Virginia, Minnesota (inactive), the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Eastern District of Virginia, District of Minnesota, Northern District of Florida, and South Carolina District Court.