Lisa Southerland works on the firm's litigation team, handling third-party subpoena responses and other complex commercial litigation matters. She has extensive experience in federal court and arbitration, assisting clients with trials, motions, arbitrations, negotiations, and settlements.
Lisa's areas of expertise include claims involving consumer fraud and protection, negligence, wage and overtime, and breach of contract. She has experience defending these claims in individual cases as well as in class and mass actions.
While in law school, Lisa clerked for the U.S. Department of Justice, working on civil immigration cases and appeals. From 2011 to 2013, she served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Armenia, writing grant proposals for USAID-sponsored programs, leading training for the Peace Corps staff and local communities, and teaching English to local schoolchildren.
Admitted to Practice
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District of Columbia
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Washington
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U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
Education
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J.D., American University Washington College of Law, 2017, summa cum laude
- Edward C. Bou Award
- Order of the Coif
- Executive Editor, American University Law Review
- Dean's Fellow
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B.A., International Studies and Latin American Studies, Emory College, Emory University, 2008
- Dean's List
- Pi Sigma Alpha
- Study Abroad, John Cabot University, Rome, 2007
Languages
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Armenian, Spanish
Background
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- Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C., 2024-2025
- Attorney, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, D.C., 2023-2024
- Associate, 2017-2023; Summer Associate, 2016; Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C.
- Law Clerk, Office of Immigration Litigation – Appellate, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2015
- Business Program Coordinator, Urban Alliance, Washington, D.C., 2013-2014
- Volunteer – Teaching English as a Foreign Language, U.S. Peace Corps, Halidzor, Armenia, 2011-2013