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About Lisa Renee Pomerantz

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. 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.

Practice Areas
Professional Experience
ExperienceYears
Lisa Renee Pomerantz, Attorney at LawCurrent
Senior Corporate Counsel, NEC USA1987-2003
Litigation Management and Dispute Resolution; Corporate, Intellectual Property, and Antitrust; Mergers and Acquisitions; Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations; Non-Profit; and In-House Education and Training
Education
SchoolFocusDegreeYear
Boston University School of Law - Boston UniversityJ.D.1979
Honors: Book Awards in Constitutional Law (1976) and Administrative Law (1979)
Professional Activities
ActivityOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
Secretary (2006-07) and Vice Chair (2007-09)Suffolk County Women's Business Enterprise Coalition2006
Details: Co-Chaired Trade Show and Nominating Commitees
Co-Chair, ADR CommitteeSuffolk County Bar Association20052007
Co-Chair, Intellectual Property CommitteeSuffolk County Bar Association20022004
Awards
AwardOrganizationYear
Directors' AwardSuffolk County Bar Association2007
For service as ADR Committee Co-Chair
Award of RecognitionSuffolk County Bar Association2004
For contributions to continuing legal education
Award of RecognitionSuffolk County Bar Association2004
For service as Intellectual Property Committee Co-Chair
Employee Recognition AwardNEC America1999
For dispute resolution activities
Professional Affiliations
PositionYears
Member, New York State Bar1988-Current
Member, National Roster of Mediators and Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association 2005-Current
Member, New York State Dispute Resolution Association2004-Current
Member, IABC-LI2005-Current

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Publications
TitlePublisherPublished
Making the ConnectionSelf-PublishedJanuary 1, 2006
A monthly e-newsletter for innovative and creative enterprises

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