Lori Lasher serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel of The J.G. Wentworth Company. Ms. Lasher joined J.G. Wentworth in April 2018. Prior to joining The J. G. Wentworth Company, Ms. Lasher was a Partner in the global law firm of Reed Smith LLP for 24 years. At Reed Smith she advised The J.G. Wentworth Company and its subsidiaries for more than 16 years as lead outside counsel on its securitizations, warehouse facilities, intercreditor issues and acquisitions. Prior to joining Reed Smith LLP, Ms. Lasher was a Partner in the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C. Ms. Lasher graduated from Westminster College with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and she received her law degree from Penn State University, The Dickinson School of Law.
Ms. Lasher is also a Trustee of Project Home, the largest provider of affordable housing to formerly homeless persons in Philadelphia, and she serves on its Executive Committee. Ms. Lasher provides pro bono legal services to juvenile lifers, including one case where she is co-counsel with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project.
