Lisa M. Mazzone is Counsel in the Litigation Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.
Lisa Mazzone concentrates her practice on civil litigation involving contract claims, legal malpractice, business torts, and other complex commercial matters in both state and federal court. Her diverse practice spans all aspects of litigation on behalf of her clients, including pre-trial, trial, and appellate work, arbitrations, mediations, settlement negotiations, and has also involved attorney counseling and representation in ARDC proceedings. Ms. Mazzone has briefed and won dispositive motions in both state and federal trial courts, and has successfully represented her clients on appeal in matters before the Illinois Appellate Court, the Illinois Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Ms. Mazzone earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology, with honors, from Washington University in St. Louis. She earned her law degree, cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law, where she was also a member of the Dean’s List and a recipient of the Arlyn Miner Book Award for writing excellence. Following law school, Ms. Mazzone served as a law clerk for Magistrate Judge Geraldine Soat Brown (ret.) and as a judicial intern for Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan (ret.) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Since 2016, Ms. Mazzone has been recognized by Leading Lawyers as an “Emerging Lawyer” in the area of Commercial Litigation and by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in the practice of Business Litigation.
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