Lisa is one of the leaders of Wisconsin’s appellate bar.
For the past 15 years, Lisa’s practice has focused on defending consumer litigation in federal and state courts, both individual consumer claims and putative class claims. Lisa has handled cases from beginning to end, including procedural/jurisdiction motions, motions to compel arbitration, class certification motions and summary judgment motions, and has engaged in substantial discovery including taking and defending numerous depositions. Lisa has substantive trial experience, including bench trials and, more recently, prevailing in a jury trial in a commercial lease action where millions of dollars were claimed, obtaining a total defense verdict of no liability. Lisa has prepared cases pre-trial in the federal courts, and negotiated settlements prior to trial.
Lisa also has substantial appellate experience in state and federal appellate courts, focusing a substantial portion of her practice handling appeals, including appearing in the Wisconsin Supreme Court four times in the last nine years. Lisa has handled a significant number of appeals in consumer cases over the last several years, under both the Wisconsin state consumer laws and the federal consumer laws.
Lisa draws upon her substantial appellate experience to handle matters at the trial court level surgically and strategically, with the goal being a victory that will be sustained on appeal, and preparing the case in the trial level to take advantage of any errors on appeal to obtain reversal, if necessary.