Biography
Lisa graduated from Rutgers College with a BS in Accounting and worked as a CPA before receiving her JD from Fordham Law School. Lisa started her legal career as a defense litigator before making the transition to representing plaintiffs in securities class actions at a prominent plaintiff firm.
Lisa then moved into the class action claims administration business, where she worked at AB Data and Garden City Group as General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, respectively, while also managing high profile class action administrations.
Most recently, Lisa was Director of Financial Operations at Burford Capital, the leader in legal finance, where she worked closely with the CFO in managing and growing the firm’s finance team. During her nine years at Burford, Lisa was also responsible for coordinating the firm’s audits and financial reporting process, overseeing the payment process for operating expenses and legal funding, managing the administration of offices in New York, Chicago and London, as well as playing a substantial role in Burford’s compliance, risk management and HR functions.
EDUCATION
J.D., magna cum laude, 1993
Law Review, Order of the Coif
Rutgers University
B.S., 1996