Lisa J.Damon

Partner

"To me, it's about listening—meeting a client or team at whatever stage they are in and finding affinity with them. What do they need? How can we help? What is their value story? What can we tap into to help create what's often a revolutionary change?"


More About Lisa

Companies nationwide rely on Lisa's significant experience in consulting on workplace law issues and litigating a broad range of employment matters. As a trial lawyer and seasoned employment litigator, Lisa brings many years of experience winning for her clients at all stages of litigation. She is a practical, business-focused advisor, getting results and limiting risk for her clients. Her practice has a particular emphasis on workplace assessments and litigating discrimination and harassment claims.

A recognized pioneer in the transformation of the legal industry, Lisa was among the first at Seyfarth to break new ground in service model innovation. Lisa played a critical role in the firm's earliest experiments with Lean Six Sigma, which have evolved into a disciplined approach to client service and law department transformation. Since then, she's gone on to lead countless legal teams in the application of Lean principles to client matters and law department practices, winning a multitude of awards and client praise along the way.

Lisa's practice is also dedicated to consulting with clients on workplace optimization, policy implementation, and avoiding employment litigation, through improved management policies and practices, positive employee relations, training, and diversity assessment. She advises companies on organizational strategy and conducts privileged investigations, audits, and assessments of the workplace. Lisa also works with management to devise and refine all types of workplace programs, helping companies create a best-in-class environment for employees.

Lisa is immediate past chair of the firm's national Labor & Employment department and was a member of Seyfarth’s Executive Committee and Compensation Committee for many years. She has been a tireless advocate for client value, helping the organization bring innovative practice disciplines and tools to clients across a broad platform of legal services such as real estate, litigation, employment, benefits, and corporate transactions. As a longstanding ambassador for SeyfarthLean and trusted advisor to forward-thinking corporate counsel, Lisa works closely with teams across Seyfarth on client outreach and advocacy.

Lisa was one of the founding partners of Seyfarth's Boston office, which opened in 1999 with seven lawyers. Today, the office is home to more than 100 lawyers, representing our expanding client base in real estate, corporate, litigation, employee benefits, and labor and employment law.

Lisa speaks extensively, both on a local and national level, on various aspects of diversity, employee engagement, employment law, employment litigation, investigations, workplace culture, and the use of Lean Six Sigma in legal processes. Lisa is widely recognized both for her knowledge of employment law and her work leading innovation in the legal industry. She has won numerous awards and recognition for her substantive employment work, including being Chambers Band One ranked (2019-2020) being named as one of the Most Powerful Employment Attorneys in the nation by Human Resource Executive Magazine and Lawdragon (2010-2019); and being honored in 2012 by Chambers USA as the Woman Employment Attorney of the Year. Lisa has also been recognized repeatedly for her client service and for her continuous work in legal innovation. She has been named one of the top 10 Agents of Change in the Financial Times U.S. Innovative Lawyer Report (2012); was featured among the 10 most innovative attorneys in the country by the ABA Journal's "Legal Rebels: Big Change in Big Law" in 2011; and was recognized by the Association of Corporate Counsel as a two-time ACC Value Champion (2012, 2018).

  • JD, Fordham University School of Law
  • MS, Fordham University
  • BA, Beloit College

Certifications

  • Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Certified Scrum Master
  • Connecticut
  • Massachusetts
  • US Court of Appeals, First Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
  • US District Court, District of Connecticut
  • US District Court, District of Massachusetts