Attorneys

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Lisa Maki attended Loyola University of Chicago where she majored in both Political Science and English and received a minor in business. She moved to California and received her Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University in Malibu, and was admitted to the California State Bar in 1992. Immediately thereafter, she opened her own legal practice dedicated to protecting consumers and enforcing our State's civil rights laws.

Lisa Maki is admitted to practice in all state courts in California, the United States District Courts of California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Her practice areas include Consumer Class Action Litigation, Employment and Injury Litigation, with an emphasis on Discrimination & Wrongful Termination Cases, Civil Assault and Battery, Sexual Assault and Battery, Sexual Harassment, Wage & Hour Class Actions, Personal Injury, as well as Contract and Business Litigation.

Lisa Maki is an officer of the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) and has been a member of its "President's Club" since 2003. She is also an officer (Secretary) of the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles (CAALA) and has served on CAALA'S Board since 2004.  Lisa Maki is Chair Elect of AAJ's National Employee Rights Section and a member of AAJ's Leader's Forum and Women's Trial Lawyer Caucus.

From 2002-2006 Lisa Maki sat on the Board of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and is currently the Secretary of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Foundation. Since 2003, Lisa Maki has served on the board of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and has been an officer of the State-wide Civil Justice Research and Education Project since 2005.

Also, Lisa Maki served on the board of the Finnish American Chamber of Commerce from 2002-2004 and served as an officer of the Pacific Palisades' Community Council from 2000-2003.
Lisa Maki was awarded the Orange County Trial Lawyers' Association's Employment Lawyer of the Year in 2006 and has been a "Super Lawyer" for the past three (3) years. In 2007, Lisa Maki was awarded the Consumer Attorneys of California's first ever "Street Fighter" award and was nominated as trial lawyer of the year by the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles in 2007 and 2008.  In 2008, Lisa was nominated as CAOC's Consumer Attorney of the year.
Lisa Maki is a "Friend" of the Trial Lawyers Charities and is a Director level supporter of MOCA in Los Angeles. She is also a member of the Consumer Attorneys' Associations of California and Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Orange County Trial Lawyers' Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the National Employment Lawyers' Association, the California Employment Lawyers' Association, the American Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice. She also serves on the Legislative Committee of the California Employment Lawyers' Association.

Some of her published decisions in the employment law arena include Sheffield v. County of Los Angeles (2003) 104 Cal.App.4th 153 and Fennessy v. Southwest Airlines (1996) 91 F.3d 1359. She has lectured/taught seminars for the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the California and Los Angles Consumer Attorneys' Associations, the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, the California Employment Lawyers' Association, and the State Bar of California Labor and Employment Section.

Areas of Practice:
Consumer Class Action Litigation
Employment and Injury Litigation
Discrimination & Wrongful Termination
Civil Assault and Battery
Sexual Assault and Battery
Sexual Harassment
Wage & Hour Class Actions
Personal Injury
Contract and Business Litigation

Bar Admissions:
California
U.S. District Court Central District of California
U.S. District Court Southern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Education:
Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California, 1992
Juris Doctor

Loyola University of Chicago
Major:  Political Science
Major:  English
Minor:  Business

Honors and Awards:
Orange County Trial Lawyers' Association's Employment Lawyer, 2006

Super Lawyer

Consumer Attorneys of California's, Street Fighter

Trial Lawyer, Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles

CAOC's Consumer Attorney, 2008

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Consumer Attorneys of California
Officer

Consumer Attorneys of California-President's Club, 2003
Member

CAOC, 2005 - 2007
Officer

Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, 2004
Officer

AAJ's Leader Forum
Member

Women's Trial Lawyer Caucus
Member

AAJ Employment Rights Section
Chair Elect

Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2002 - 2006
Board

Beverly Hills Bar Association Foundation, 2003 - Present
Secretary

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

Civil Justice Research and Education Project, 2005 - Present
Secretary

Finnish American Chamber of Commerce, 2002 - 2004

Pacific Palisades' Community Council, 2000 - 2003
Officer

Consumer Attorneys' Association of California
Member

Consumer Attorneys' Association of Los Angeles
Member

Los Angeles County Bar Association
Member

Orange County Trial Lawyers' Association
Member

Beverly Hills Bar Association
Member

National Employment Lawyers' Association
Member

California Employment Lawyers' Association
Member

American Bar Association
Member

American Association for Justice
Member

California Employment Lawyers' Association
Member, Legislative Committee