Bio
Lisa Renee Pomerantz has more than twenty-five years of varied legal experience. After
graduating cum laude from Radcliffe College of Harvard University and from Boston
University Law School where she was on the Law Review, Lisa spent a year as a law
clerk to a federal court judge. Following a stint as a litigation attorney in private practice,
she worked for more than fifteen years as a senior level in-house attorney for a major
corporation. Her responsibilities there included transactional matters, compliance
initiatives, dispute resolution and counseling clients on a broad variety of corporate,
employment, antitrust and intellectual property matters.
Since 2003, Lisa has had her own practice in Suffolk County. She works with innovative
and creative enterprises to structure and foster successful business relationships and to
resolve disputes amicably and cost-effectively. Her dispute resolution activities include
membership on the American Arbitration Association’s Roster of Neutrals as a
Commercial Mediator and Arbitrator. Lisa also develops and presents creative and
effective interactive training programs, is a popular keynote speaker at business,
association and educational events, and publishes a monthly newsletter entitled "Making
the Connection."
Lisa is a recognized leader in the business and legal communities. Lisa is Vice-Chair of
the Suffolk County Women's Business Enterprise Coalition, and has served as Co-Chair
of its Trade Show Committee. She also has served on the Planning and Education
Committees of the Women's Expo, and on the Nominating and Awards Program
Committees for the Long Island Chapter of the International Association of Business
Communicators.
In the legal community, Lisa has chaired the Suffolk County Bar Association's
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property Committees, and has been an
Officer and Advisory Board member of the Suffolk Academy of Law. In 2007, Lisa was
honored to receive the Suffolk County Bar Association Directors' Award in recognition
of her service as ADR Committee Co-Chair. She also received Awards of Recognition in
2004 for her contributions to continuing legal education and as Intellectual Property
Committee Co-Chair.