Practice Areas
- Appellate Practice
- Long-Term & Elder Care Litigation
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Premises Liability
Lisa is an associate in the firm's Atlanta, Georgia office. She represents clients in professional liability matters, with an emphasis on skilled nursing and premises liability cases involving allegations of professional negligence, ordinary negligence, personal injury, and wrongful death. Prior to returning to Huff Powell Bailey, Lisa primarily represented a high-profile nursing home chain as a senior attorney in their captive law firm. In that role, Lisa supervised other staff, managed hundreds of cases, and successfully resolved dozens of pre-suit claims. Lisa has extensive trial experience as a former criminal defense attorney in Metro-Atlanta, including having spent five years specializing in death-penalty cases throughout the State of Georgia. As a result of her varied experience, Lisa is especially skilled in navigating complex issues both in and out of the courtroom.
- State Bar of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- B.S., Criminology, cum laude, Florida State University (2008)
- J.D., Order of Barristers, Emory University School of Law (2011)
- Stonewall Bar Association
- National Lawyers Guild
- Defense Research Institute
- Mindfulness, Meditation, and Breathwork for Attorneys, NITA and Other CLE programs, on-going
- When you Know Better you Do Better: Creating Allies Panelist at Emory School of Law Panelist, July 2020
- Advanced Practice Workshop, Georgia Public Defender Council Program Facilitator, 2018- 2020
- People Skills for Legal Professionals, Presenter at Georgia Public Defender Council Annual Conference 2018
- Forever Family, Volunteer Tutor
- Pipeline Legal Action Network, 2021-2023
- Yoga, Meditation, and Breathwork Facilitator. Educator and Trainer throughout metro-Atlanta