Lisa Anne Smith - Tucson, AZ

Overview

LISA ANNE SMITH is a Shareholder in the Tucson office. Her practice emphasizes education law and litigation, including employment, negligence, products liability, contracts, and construction. She also advises several non-profit agencies on employment issues. She has tried jury and bench trials in state and federal court, and has significant experience with appeals at both the state and federal level.

Ms. Smith graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College with a B.A. in architecture and philosophy. She received her J.D. in 1995 from the University of Arizona College of Law where she graduated second in her class. Ms. Smith also received special mention for obtaining the second highest score on the Arizona bar exam. While in law school, Ms. Smith received a graduate fellowship and served on the Arizona Law Review editorial board. Before practicing law, Ms. Smith taught several philosophy classes at the University of Arizona. She is a member of the National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. She holds a BV* rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

*BV is a registered certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.