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“Strategic thinking is essential to success.”

Lisa A. Reppeto is an experienced litigation attorney with a history of success at all levels: motion practice; trial; and appellate advocacy. For more than 20 years, her practice has focused on complex commercial disputes, insurance, intracorporate disputes, property disputes, and product liability defense. By analyzing multiple aspects of complex issues, Lisa assists clients in making strategic decisions for optimal results whether through adjudication on the merits, alternative dispute resolution, or direct negotiation.

In addition to her recognized litigation skills, Lisa has been a mediator registered with the Mississippi Bar since 2018.

• American Bar Association
• Capital Area Bar Association
• Mississippi Women Lawyers Association
• The Mississippi Bar
• Outdoor Advertising Association of America
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation since (2021) and Real Estate (2022)
• Mississippi Bar Association Real Property Section, Member at Large, Executive Committee
• Mississippi Bar Association Real Estate Executive Committee (2022) and Vice Chair (2023)
• Mississippi Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Executive Committee (2023)
• Mississippi Business Journal, “Mississippi’s 50 Leading Business Women” (2017)
• Women of the Section of Litigation Conference, Program Co-chair (Women in Products Liability Sub-committee), November 11-13, 2015
• Leadership Mississippi (2009)
• US Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP) International Association of Defense Counsel, Inductee

• U.S. Supreme Court
• Mississippi State Courts
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

• Millsaps College (B.A., 1987)
• University of Mississippi (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of National Security Law
  • Winner of the Fall 1998 Moot Court competition

• Bad Faith Litigation
• Commercial Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation and Arbitration
• Complex Civil Litigation
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• First Amendment Litigation
• Intra-Corporate Disputes
• Large Loss Subrogation Litigation
• Property and Casualty Loss Coverage
• Product Liability
• Real Property Litigation (including premises liability, eminent domain, zoning & land use, and title issues)

• “Good Storytelling Can Improve Litigation Strategy,” American Bar Association’s Products Liability Litigation Practice Points blog, October 20, 2017
• “Clearly Defined Roles Are Key to Green Success,” The Mississippi Business Journal, July 27, 2009
• “Green Building Development in Mississippi: Issues on the Horizon,” The Mississippi College Law Review, Volume 28, Issue 2, January 1, 2009
• “Silencing the Voice of the Small Local Business,” Delta Business Journal, August 1, 2005

• “Women in Products Liability: Strict Liability and Fraud—the Odd Couple of Products Liability Litigation,” American Bar Association, 14th Annual Women in Products Liability Regional Workshop, November 15, 2013

• Habitat for Humanity Volunteer
• Mississippi Economic Council, Leadership Mississippi Alumni