In March of 2018, Judge Lisa Branch was appointed to serve as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. From 2012 to 2018, she served as a judge on the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Prior to her judicial service, she spent her entire private practice career in commercial litigation at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP in Atlanta, from summer clerk to associate to partner.
From 2004 to 2008, Judge Branch was a senior official in the Administration of President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C. She served first as the Associate General Counsel for Rules and Legislation at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and then as the Counselor to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the U. S. Office of Management and Budget.
After graduating from law school, Judge Branch served as a federal law clerk to The Honorable J. Owen Forrester of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia from 1994 to 1996.
Judge Branch earned her J.D., with distinction, from Emory University School of Law. She earned her B.A., cum laude, from Davidson College.
Judge Branch is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Atlanta Lawyers Chapter for the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.
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Chicago Student Chapter
The University of Chicago Law School1111 E 60th St
Chicago, IL 60637
Annual Judges Panel
Georgia Student Chapter
University of Georgia School of Law225 Herty Dr
Athens, GA 30601
II: The Anti-Federalists: Planting Seeds of American Populism (Panel)
2022 National Student Symposium
University of Virginia School of Law580 Massie Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Paths to the Judiciary: Perspectives from the State and Federal Bench
Notre Dame Student Chapter
Eck Hall of Law 1170 (McCartan Courtroom)Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Special Session: Career Pathways in Public Service
Eighth Annual Florida Chapters Conference
Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resort1700 Epcot Resorts Blvd
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
II: The Anti-Federalists: Planting Seeds of American Populism (Panel)
2022 National Student Symposium
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II: The Anti-Federalists: Planting Seeds of American Populism (Panel)
2022 National Student Symposium
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Federal Consent Decrees: Good Governance, an Expansion of Federal Power, or Both?
2021 National Lawyers Convention
The 2021 National Lawyers Convention took place November 11-13, 2021 at the Mayflower Hotel in...
Federal Consent Decrees: Good Governance, an Expansion of Federal Power, or Both?
2021 National Lawyers Convention
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Regulating Social Media in the New Administration
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