Lisa Smith
Lisa Smith

ABOUT Lisa

Lisa has executive management level legal professional with the demonstrated ability to assess a client’s needs and provide targeted, practical, customer friendly and cost-effective advice. She is highly competent in trademark law with a particular expertise in global trademark clearance and global trademark enforcement strategies. Known for providing on-time, on-budget legal services, and for balanced advice incorporating critical business factors, all delivered with compassion. Lisa possesses extensive training and experience combined with extensive intellectual property, business and international course work, rigorous law firm training in both D.C. boutique and Big Law firms, and corporate experience as an executive with substantial responsibility for a multinational company.

EDUCATION

George Mason University, J.D., 1993

Grand Valley State University

  • Masters in Business Administration

George Mason University

  • Masters in International Commerce and Policy

University of Michigan

  • BA in Russian and East European Studies

ADMISSIONS

Florida

Michigan

District of Columbia

Virginia

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

International Trademark Association, Member

Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Fort Myers, Florida, Board Member 2020-present

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Lisa was formerly a board member at Baxter Community Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan and an IRS certified volunteer tax preparer for low-income families at a United Way site, Flat River Ministries in Lowell, Michigan for five tax seasons.
  • Basic conversational Russian