- Litigation
- Business Disputes / Commercial
- Class Action Litigation
- Product Liability and Toxic Torts
- Appellate Practice
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1998
- B.A., College of William & Mary, magna cum laude, 1995 (Phi Beta Kappa)
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- American Bar Association (Litigation Section)
- The District of Columbia Bar
- Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.
LISA M. NORRETT
Partner, Washington DC
1900 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006-1108
TEL: 202.496.7222
FAX: 202.496.7756
EMAIL: lnorrett@mckennalong.com
PROFILE
Lisa Norrett is a partner in McKenna Long & Aldridge's Washington, DC office. She is a member of the firm's Litigation Department
Lisa's practice focuses primarily on complex civil litigation in federal and state courts, including class action and mass tort litigation. She has litigated cases involving a variety of product liability, toxic tort, and general civil litigation matters. For two years, Lisa served as the principal associate in defending a government contractor against product liability claims in North Carolina federal court.
Currently, she represents a pharmaceutical manufacturer in the multi-district "fen-phen" diet drug litigation, as well as a telecommunications corporation in several class action product liability lawsuits. She also represents a military support contractor in a number of tort cases stemming from its combat-related work overseas.
In addition, Lisa specializes in removal of cases from state to federal court. She has successfully removed numerous product liability and toxic tort cases utilizing a variety of removal doctrines.
Lisa authored "Grable & Sons Reaffirms the Smith Approach to Federal Question Jurisdiction," Product Liability Law & Strategy, September 2005. Lisa also co-authored (with Raymond B. Biagini and Ray M. Aragon) "TREAD Act Foreshadows a Bumpy Compliance Road for Automakers," Product Liability Law & Strategy, February 2001.
Lisa received her B.A., magna cum laude, in 1995 from the College of William & Mary, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. In 1998, she received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was a member of the Journal of Law & Politics.