Lisa is a Partner and a member of the firm’s Employment Law and Commercial Litigation practice groups. A skilled trial attorney, she has represented clients in a wide range of employment disputes, such as wrongful termination, disability discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation/whistleblower claims, class actions, wage and hour claims, and ADA claims. Her employment clients run the gamut from small and large non-profit corporations and small businesses to businesses with a national or Fortune 500 designation. Business litigation matters have included contract, fraud, trademark infringement, royalty, and franchise disputes for large, multi-national corporations. She has also dealt with matters involving group and individual life, health, and disability insurance, including ERISA claims, and has successfully resolved high-profile medical fraud claims on behalf of insurance providers, including issues of experimental treatment exclusions, and insurance bad faith and coverage.
Lisa represents employers and management in employment matters, appearing in both state and federal courts as well as administrative settings before the CRD (formerly DFEH), EEOC, DLSE, and OSHA. In her active employment practice, she defends small and large private and public entities, including small and large non-profits, against discrimination, retaliation, FMLA, wrongful termination, defamation, and harassment claims. Her employment practice encompasses numerous industries including construction, manufacturing, recycling, hospitality, technology, food, health care, recreational, mutual benefit corporations, retail, religious entities, and education. In addition, Lisa has handled and is currently handling large-scale PAGA and wage and hour class action litigation in state and federal courts throughout California.
She also regularly counsels employers on hiring practices, terminations, workplace investigations, reductions in workforce issues, risk, and litigation avoidance practices. Her counseling work further includes negotiating separation and executive employment agreements, as well as industry-specific employment handbooks, policies, and procedures. She is also advising employers on the new Workplace Violence Prevention Plan requirements.
Additionally, her practice includes professional liability defense where she has dealt with numerous legal malpractice and other professional liability claims on behalf of insurance agents, accounts, construction professionals, and real estate agents.
Lisa has conducted trials in both California state courts and federal courts as well as binding arbitrations and has handled appeals in the State of California and in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Lisa has also handled class actions in both California state courts and federal courts.
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Memberships
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
Community Involvement
Lisa is a member of the Firm’s Diversity Committee. As the former hiring partner of the Los Angeles office, she sees how DEI benefits all. In addition to her law practice, Lisa has served on many non-profit boards and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Los Angeles. She currently serves as a trustee for a non-profit charitable organization based at her alma mater UCLA and serves on a Legal Advisory Committee for a mutual benefit corporation. She is an active supporter of organizations that support women’s health care and animals.