Lisa Perrochet

Background

Perrochet, Lisa was born on October 10, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Education

University of California, Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1984). Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, California (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1987).

Career

Worked at Horvitz & Levy (Los Angeles, California) specializing in All Civil Appeals and Related Appellate Practice, including Trial Consultations, with Emphasis in the Areas of Business Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Health Care, Hospitals, Insurance and Insurance Defense (including Coverage and Bad Faith), Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Legal and Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Liability, and Torts. Admitted to the bar, 1987, California. 1993, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Phi Beta Kappa.

Alpha Sigma Nu. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Property and Future Interests. Member, Saint Thomas More Law Honor Society.

Staff Writer, Loyola Law Review, 1985-1986. Editor, Entertainment Law Journal, 1986-1987.

Author: "Writ Intake Procedures," Chapter 2, California Civil Writ Practice (Cont.

Education Bar 1996). Company-Author: "Lost Chance Recovery and the Folly of Expanding Medical Malpractice Liability," 27 Tort & Insurance. Lord Justice 615 (1992); "What a Difference a Day Makes: Age Presumptions and the Standard of Care Required of Minors," 24 Pac.

Lord Justice 1323 (April 1993).

Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Appellate Courts Committee) and Federal Bar Associations. Horvitz & Levy is the largest firm in California specializing in civil appellate litigation. The firm appears regularly in the California and federal appellate courts as lead counsel or amicus curiae on behalf of insurance carriers, the health care community, manufacturers and other business organizations, public entities, and business and professional trade associations.

Since 1981, the firm has briefed more civil cases in the California Supreme Court as lead counsel or as amicus curiae, than any other private law firm in California.

The firm consults with clients and trial counsel in evaluating cases for appeal and in assisting trial counsel to present and preserve issues for appeal. The firm also provides its clients with analyses of new legislation, important court decisions and other matters affecting their interests.

Achievements

• Lisa Perrochet has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Saint Thomas More Law Honor Society. Staff Writer, Loyola Law Review, 1985-1986. Editor, Entertainment Law Journal, 1986-1987.