Lisa Howell, Esq. Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater New York City Area

Brooklyn, Ny

• Supervise LIFT’s Court Based Programs and staff throughout New York City’s five boroughs• Routinely carry a caseload of forty to fifty litigant and provide direct service, support and legal information to low and middle income pro se family court litigants regarding custody, visitation, and child support matters so they are empowered to make informed choices to achieve legal goals• Compile and synthesize data collected from the five boroughs to produce two detailed monthly reports to ensure that court based programs are on target to meet monthly goals• Oversee implementation of quality control measures to ensure an optimized level of customer service through all court based programs and services • Collaborate with Family Resource Coordinator to provide inter-disciplinary workshops and support groups that provide assistance outside of the court house with related legal and social issues including domestic violence, orders of protections, child support, custody and visitation

United States

• Conducted intake interviews with domestic violence complaining witnesses, drafted motions, and assessed information obtained from the interview

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Conducted one-on-one training with students to help develop Westlaw research skills• Assisted students and faculty and in formulating queries to retrieve information from Westlaw legal databases

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Represented clients, drafted wills, advanced directives, and powers of attorney• Applied for and received a hardship waiver from DPW on a Medical Assistance recovery

Greater New York City Area

• Drafted civil amicus brief and accompanying court motions for a New Jersey case in which a mother was charged with neglect for continuing methadone treatment during pregnancy• Edited and fact checked NAPW's ten year report detailing the intersection of pregnancy and the law• Researched, interfaced and communicated with other amici to sign on to the amicus brief

• Interviewed clients and compiled interview data into a database for potential litigation • Analyzed complex racial profiling matters and drafted memoranda on issues concerning racial employment discrimination

Greater New York City Area

• Coordinated and organized cross functional quarterly and monthly meetings, reconciled expense reports and and administratvely supported two marketing directors and fifteen brand managers• Communicated with internal and external customers in oral and written formats • Monitored SAP budget expenses and reported discovered discrepancies

Greater Seattle Area

• Tracked and analyzed $4.8M expense budget comprised of 300 accounts and 50 suppliers, proactively followed up with vendors on billing errors and issues• Audited inter-connect invoices to prevent over-billing, adhered to FCC tariffs and or interconnection contracts to ensure compliance• Identified over $500,000 in billing errors in 2000

Greater Seattle Area

• Assisted in the development of cost allocation strategies for voice conferencing and toll free ISDN services so as to allocate the cost back to the end user, for an annual savings of $2.2M a year• Liaised with multiple account teams to ensure correct rates and discounts, resolve billing disputes, and guarantee payments in a timely manner

Juris Doctorate, Law

Activities and Societies: Black Law Student Association, Phi Alpha Delta, Pitt Law Income Sharing Foundation, Elder Law Clinic

B.A., English, Political Science