Lisa’s areas of focus include:

• Defending employers in discrimination claims before federal, state and local agencies
• Counseling and representing employers with respect to unemployment compensation claims and appeals
• Crafting employment policies, including employee handbooks
• Counseling employers regarding employee terminations and group layoffs and crafting attendant agreements
• Counseling employers on Family and Medical Leave Act and Americans with Disabilities Act compliance
• Conducting employee and supervisory training on legal compliance issues
• Overseeing and conducting internal employer investigations of alleged employee/supervisor misconduct
• Crafting executive-level employment agreements
• Counseling and representing employers in employment litigation before state and federal courts

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, 1994
• Florida, 2005
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

• J.D. (with honors, Member, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation), University of North Carolina School of Law, 1994
• B.A. (summa cum laude, Omicron Delta Kappa), University of Pittsburgh, 1991

Memberships

• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association and its Labor and Employment Law Section
• Member, Allegheny County Bar Association
• Member, Florida Bar Association and its Labor and Employment Law and Healthcare Law Sections
• Member, Lee County Bar Association
• Member, Collier County Bar Association
• Member, Collier County Women’s Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association and its Labor and Employment Law Section
• Member, Pittsburgh Human Resources Association
• Member, HR Collier
• Member, American College of Healthcare Administrators (ACHCA)
• Board Member, Pennsylvania Chapter American College of Healthcare Administrators (PA ACHCA)

Seminars & Speeches

• Presenter, College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, Avoiding Common Employment Records Retention Mistakes: What to Keep and Where and How to Keep Them, Pittsburgh, PA (February 8, 2008)
• Presenter, Butler HR Association, Identifying FMLA Risks and Minimizing Liability, Butler, PA (April 10, 2007)
• Presenter, FMLA and ADA Issues, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Tough Problems in Workers' Compensation, Pittsburgh, PA (March 23, 2007)
• Presenter, Planning for an Avian Flu Pandemic, Florida Assisted Living Affiliation, Tallahassee, FL (February 20, 2007)
• Co-Presenter, Advanced FMLA, Council on Education in Management, Pittsburgh, PA (February 15, 2007)
• Presenter, Employment Law–Minimizing Risks, Fast Trac, Fort Myers, FL (November 21, 2006)
• Co-Presenter, FMLA Update, Council on Education in Management, Pittsburgh, PA (December 8, 2005)
• Presenter, Avoiding a Failure to Follow the Medical Certification and Re-Certification Process; Legally Managing Pregnant Employees and New Parents Without Violating the FMLA, Pregnancy Discrimination Act or other Federal and State Laws; Deciding When to Pull the FMLA Trigger: How Much Information Do You Need From the Employer and How Can You Get It?; Deciphering When an Employee Can Take Leave "To Care For" a Family Member: Which Relatives Qualify and for What Type of Care? Council on Education in Management, Pennsylvania FMLA Update 2005, Pittsburgh, PA (September 21-22, 2005)
• Recent Compliance Developments in the ADA and FMLA, Pennsylvania Association of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies 2005 Legislative Conference, Harrisburg, PA (February 8, 2005)
• The New Overtime Rules – An Emphasis on Job Descriptions, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Department of Accounting’s Continuing Professional Education Seminars, Monroeville, PA (December 16, 2004)
• Walking the Absenteeism Tightrope, Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Employment Law Institute West, Pittsburgh, PA (November 18, 2004)
• Family and Medical Leave Act – Five Steps to Ensure Compliance, Public Housing Authorities Directors Association’s 2004 Commissioners Conference, Orlando, FL (January 12, 2004)
• Immigration and Legal Obligations for Employers, Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL (May 21, 2003)
• Issues Concerning Contingent Workers Under the ADA, Southwestern Healthcare Human Resources Society meeting, Pittsburgh, PA (February 21, 2002)
• Recognizing and Avoiding Pitfalls Concerning Contingent Workers and Independent Contractors, Westmoreland Human Resources Association Conference, Greensburg, PA (May 3, 2001)

Publications

• Co-author, The Avian Flu: Is Your Workplace Ready for an Outbreak?, Dynamic Business (December 2006)
•  Co-author, Update on DOL’s Regulations for Employee Exemption, Nursing Homes Magazine (August 2006)
•  Co-author, Preparing for an Avian Flu Outbreak – Businesses Should Act Now, Cohen & Grigsby Review (Summer 2006)
•  Quoted, Camera Cell Phones in the Workplace – Get the Picture!, Hospital News (August 22, 2005)
•  Co-author, FLSA White Collar Exemptions: One Year After the Regulations - Are You in Compliance, Florida Assisted Living Affiliation News (Spring 2005)
•  Co-author, Help Avoid FLSA Trouble Through Well-Defined Job Descriptions, Cohen & Grigsby Review (Winter 2003)
• FMLA Retaliation – Don’t Let Your Supervisors Make a $12 Million Mistake, Labor & Employment Newsletter, American Health Lawyers Association (Winter 2003)
•  Co-author, Job Reassignment Must Be a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA, Assisted Living Success (March 2001)
•  Co-author, Employers Must Consider Job Reassignment as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA, Cohen & Grigsby Review (Fall 2000)
•  Co-author, Avoiding Employment Vulnerability in the New Economy, Cohen & Grigsby Review (Fall 2000)