Lisa Ehrich

Lisa Ehrich is an attorney at the firm focusing her practice in the areas of litigation, government law, labor and employment, and insurance defense. Lisa defends state and local governmental entities and their employees in civil, constitutional, employment discrimination, and personal injury matters. She has experience representing clients in both state and federal courts. She served as Law Clerk to the Honorable J. Sydney Hoffman, Superior Court of Pennsylvania from 1982 to 1984. REPRESENTATIVE CASES & TRANSACTIONS Authored successful summary judgment and appellate briefs in federal courts, addressing First, Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment claims against law enforcement, local governments and jails, and in matters raising employment discrimination claims under Title VII, the ADA and the ADEA. MEMBERSHIPS Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT The Up Center, Chair, Board of Directors and Volunteer Virginia Conflict Resolution Center, Past Chair, Board of Directors City of Norfolk Employee Grievance Panels, Chair The Hebrew Academy of Tidewater, Past President, Board of Trustees PRACTICE AREAS Labor and Employment Litigation Mediation and Arbitration EDUCATION Juris Doctor, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1982 Tufts University, magna cum laude, 1979 ADMISSIONS All State Courts in Virginia, 1990 All State Courts in Pennsylvania, 1982 United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals United States Eastern District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

• Honorable J. Sydney Hoffman, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Law Clerk

• Pennsylvania, 1982
• Virginia, 1991

• The Hebrew Academy of Tidewater (Past President, Board of Directors)
• Community Meditation Center (Member, Board of Directors)
• Community Meditation Center (Volunteer Mediator and Mentor)
• Tufts University (Alumni Interviewer)