Current Employment Position(s)

; Business Litigation

Year Joined Organization: 1999

Lawyer Overview

Lisa is a shareholder in the Energy Law Group and the Business Litigation Section of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association. Located in our Minneapolis office, she focuses her practice principally in the areas of:

In her energy practice, Lisa represents public utilities facing administrative, regulatory and transactional issues related to power generation, transmission and distribution. Her experience ranges from complex energy infrastructure development to power purchase disputes. Lisa regularly handles matters such as certificate of need and routing proceedings before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) for power plants and high voltage transmission lines; land rights disputes; and easement acquisitions.

Lisa concentrates a portion of her practice on real estate, where she has assisted clients with foreclosures by action, evictions, title insurance claims, partition actions, eminent domain matters and commercial lease disputes. She has extensive experience representing both landowners and condemning authorities in eminent domain actions and related environmental issues. As a complement to this experience, she has represented creditors in a wide variety of collection matters in bankruptcy and state courts, including Article 9 foreclosures and replevin actions.

In her general litigation practice, Lisa represents local and national companies in resolving business disputes, including contract and business tort claims. She is well versed in both district and appellate courts.

Lisa has represented individuals in criminal appeals pro bono for the State of Minnesota Public Defenders Office. Named a "Rising Star" by Minnesota Law & Politics, she is a member of the Hennepin County Bar Association and Minnesota Women Lawyers. Lisa is admitted to practice in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Born in San Francisco, California, Lisa received her B.A. in communications from Santa Clara University, M.S.J. in journalism from Northwestern University, and M.B.A. from Wichita State University. She graduated summa cum laude and first in her class from Washburn University Law School. Before joining Briggs, she was a clerk with the Minnesota Supreme Court for Chief Justice Kathleen A. Blatz, and then practiced with Doherty, Rumble and Butler. She joined Briggs in 1999.

Areas of Practice

• Energy Law
• Business Litigation
• Energy Litigation
• Trust and Estates Litigation
• Bankruptcy and Workout

West Practice Categories

Alternative Energy, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Class Actions, Cogeneration, Commercial Bankruptcy, Complex Litigation, Consumer Bankruptcy, Contracts, Creditors' Rights, Debt Discharge, Electric Power, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Estate & Gift Taxation, Estate Planning, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Foreclosures, Hydroelectricity, Limited Liability Companies, Litigation & Appeals, Living Wills, Loan Workouts, Minerals & Mining, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Nuclear Power, Oil & Gas, Patent Litigation, Public Utilities, Reorganizations & Restructuring, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Taxation Law, Trusts, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Wills, Workouts

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1997
• Kansas, 1996
• Wisconsin, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Hennepin County Bar Association
• Member
• Minnesota Women Lawyers
• Member
• St. Paul Police Civilian Review Commission
• Member
• State of Minnesota Public Defenders Office
• Pro Bono Counsel
• Minnesota Supreme Court
• Member, Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence (2005-2006)
• ALS Association, Minnesota Chapter
• Member, Board of Directors (2002-2005)

Honors and Awards

Education

• Washburn University School of Law, 1996
  J.D.
  Honors: Summa Cum Laude
• Wichita State University, 1993
  M.B.A.
• Northwestern University, 1988
  M.S.J.
• Santa Clara University, 1987
  B.A.
  Major: Communications

Published Works

• ALERT - New Notice Requirements Effective Sept. 1 Impact Route Permit Application Process, 2008

Address

2200 IDS Center
80 South 8th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phones

612.977.8656 (Business Phone)

Faxes

612.977.8650 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.briggs.com/