Lauryn H. Guttenplan / (Former Deputy General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution)
Board Member
Lauryn Guttenplan served in the Smithsonian Institution Office of General Counsel for thirty-eight years before retiring in 2023 as the Deputy General Counsel. She advised the Board
of Regents, Secretary, and museums, libraries, and research institutions on a wide range of legal and policy issues, including intellectual property, transactional matters, international activities, fundraising, collections management, privacy, Native American repatriation issues, and other matters.
She assisted in planning the annual conference on Legal Issues in Museum Administration, cosponsored by the Smithsonian and the American Law Institute, and was an annual speaker. She frequently lectured at local law schools and conferences. She has participated in working groups on a wide range of museum-related topics and contributed to professional documents on copyright and fair use, including as a contributing author of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ Guidelines for the Use of Copyrighted Materials and Works of Art by Art Museums.
She received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and was a member of the Tax Review. She received her undergraduate degree in history, magna cum laude, from Cornell University, where she was elected as a student member of the Board of Trustees. She served as a law clerk for the Honorable Warren Eginton, United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut. She travels extensively and aspires to be a better-than-beginner watercolor painter.
of Regents, Secretary, and museums, libraries, and research institutions on a wide range of legal and policy issues, including intellectual property, transactional matters, international activities, fundraising, collections management, privacy, Native American repatriation issues, and other matters.
She assisted in planning the annual conference on Legal Issues in Museum Administration, cosponsored by the Smithsonian and the American Law Institute, and was an annual speaker. She frequently lectured at local law schools and conferences. She has participated in working groups on a wide range of museum-related topics and contributed to professional documents on copyright and fair use, including as a contributing author of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ Guidelines for the Use of Copyrighted Materials and Works of Art by Art Museums.
She received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and was a member of the Tax Review. She received her undergraduate degree in history, magna cum laude, from Cornell University, where she was elected as a student member of the Board of Trustees. She served as a law clerk for the Honorable Warren Eginton, United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut. She travels extensively and aspires to be a better-than-beginner watercolor painter.