Lisa has opened her own firm and is excited to be practicing the in Treasure Valley. She spent her first 10 years of practice in Southern Idaho with primarily with two well-known firms, Roy, Nielson, Platts, McGee & Schoettger and the Roark Law Firm. Lisa continues to serve the Magic Valley and Wood River Valley areas.
Lisa specializes in the area of family law, specifically, divorce, establishment of paternity, child custody modifications, child support modifications, guardianships, and adoptions. Lisa has practiced criminal defense and some general civil litigation. In the area of family law, Lisa aggressively pursues her clients’ interests both in and out of the courtroom. She has handled family law cases ranging from simple, uncontested modifications of child support to relocation cases to complex divorces with issues of valuation of real property, businesses, and personal property. Lisa has successfully argued in front of the Idaho Supreme Court.
Lisa graduated from Boise State University with a B.A. in Education and a M.S. in Educational Technology. During her studies at Boise State University she spent a summer in Puebla, Mexico at the Universidad de las Américas studying advanced Spanish and Mexican Civilization. As of 2023, Lisa is now on the Idaho Supreme Court Roster to conduct child custody mediations and is a court approved mediator.
She obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Idaho College of Law. During law school at the University of Idaho, Lisa worked as a summer law clerk for the Honorable R. Barry Wood, and gained valuable courtroom experience while executing her duties as a legal intern at the Latah County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Lisa is a member of the Idaho State Bar, the Family Law Section of the Idaho State Bar, and served on the Idaho State Bar Continuing Legal Education committee. She also participates in grading the Idaho Bar Exam and attended the National Conference of Bar Examiners in Madison, Wisconsin in 2013 and 2018. In her spare time, Lisa enjoys traveling, learning languages, and golfing.
Lisa is fluent in Spanish and knows American Sign Language. She is currently learning French.
