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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COVID 19: Legal and Medical Retrospectives
Hillsdale Student Chapter
Hoynak Room, Dow Hotel and Conference Center22 E. Galloway Drive
Hillsdale, MI 49242
An Evening with Judge Branch and Professor Yoo
Wichita Lawyers Chapter, co-sponsored with Koch Industries
Wichita Country Club8501 East 13th Street North
Wichita, KS 67206
Panel 3: Corporate Speech and the First Amendment
State Power Review Conference
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Federal Judges Panel
Georgia Student Chapter
The University of Georgia School of Law225 Herty Drive
Athens, GA 30601
Saving Free Speech in Higher Education
Princeton Student Chapter
McCosh 28McCosh Hall
Princeton, NY 08544
Panel 3: Corporate Speech and the First Amendment
State Power Review Conference
How does the First Amendment apply to corporations? Do First Amendment interests and protections apply...
Deep Dive Episode 247 - Creatures of Statute II: Administrative Agencies and Policymaking
Regulatory Transparency Project's Fourth Branch Podcast
The Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project and Capitol Hill Chapter hosted the second in a...
Special Session I: Dobbs, Roe, Casey, and the Rule of Law
2022 National Lawyers Convention
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court released a 6-3 decision in Dobbs v....
Special Session I: Dobbs, Roe, Casey, and the Rule of Law
2022 National Lawyers Convention
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court released a 6-3 decision in Dobbs v....
Necessary & Proper Episode 80: Creatures of Statute II: Administrative Agencies and Policymaking
This second event of a co-sponsored series on the Administrative State focused on the role...