Background
Smith, Lisa L. was born in 1964 in Buffalo, New York, United States.
Smith, Lisa L. was born in 1964 in Buffalo, New York, United States.
Grove City College (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, 1986). Case Western Reserve University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1989).
Worked at Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (Buffalo, New York) specializing in General Practice. Corporations, Litigation, Trust and Estates, Tax, Labor Relations, Real Estate, Banking, Commercial, Municipal Finance, Bankruptcy Reorganization, Antitrust, Products Liability, Insurance Coverage, Immigration, Customs, Environmental and Energy Law. Admitted to the bar, 1990, New New York
1991, District of Columbia.
1994, United States. District Court, Western District of New New York 1995, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Case Western Reserve Law Review, 1987-1988.
Company-Chair, American Bar Association Litigation Section Subcommittees on Mandatory Prediscovery Disclosure and Discovery Sanctions. Founded in 1834 in Buffalo as the law office of Orsamus H. Marshall, Phillips, Lytle counts among its former partners several prominent individuals including President Grover Cleveland.
Through its expansion into several offices and the development of new practice areas, the Firm has grown into a position of prominence in the northeastern United States and the province of Ontario.
Member: American Bar Association.