Lisa J. Gill, Founder & Attorney

Lisa J. Gill is the founder of Gill Family Law, PLLC. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is designated as a Family Law Trial Specialist with the National Board of Trial Advocacy. She is licensed in Mississippi and Tennessee and represents clients in both states at the trial and appellate levels. She also represents parties in the alternative dispute resolution processes of mediation and arbitration outside of the courtroom.

She currently serves as Chair of the Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Section Executive Committee, is a Board Member on the Board of Directors of the Memphis Bar Association and is the Vice Chair of the Executive Committee for Leadership Germantown. She has held prior presidencies with the Association of Women Attorneys Memphis Chapter and Mississippi Bar Association Northwest Young Lawyers Division. Her prior legal experience included participating in trials in federal court, state court, administrative law cases, and arbitration of claims involving construction, real estate, business law, and employment law. Prior to practicing family law, she participated in the resolution of various business disputes. She worked to resolve business disputes involving commercial and residential real estate contract litigation, construction litigation, shareholder disputes, embezzlement and other breach of fiduciary duty investigations, as well as, general employment issues. She conducted on-site investigations for employers, gave status reports to executive boards, and reviewed internal business policies for legal compliance.

To learn more about Lisa, check out her interviews.

ValientCEO Magazine Interview with Lisa Gill

High Velocity Radio Interview with Lisa Gill hosted by Stone Payton

The Hum Podcast Interview with Bret Max of Station 8 Productions

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Lisa now concentrates her practice in all areas of family law, including divorce, child custody/parental issues, child support, termination of parental rights, adoption, paternity, and juvenile court matters. She also handles pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements and LGBTQ+ family law. She handles complex case matters, including families having mental health and/or addiction issues, families owning businesses and families wanting to protect their assets for generations.  She is a small business owner and was a small business owner prior to becoming a lawyer. Her experience as a small business owner prior to becoming a lawyer has helped her better represent business owners as she is aware of their struggles, issues, and concerns.

HER STRATEGY

Lisa’s top priority is to listen to her client, discuss their expectations, then develop a strategy to meet her client’s objectives.  She prides herself on patience, understanding, and compassion.  She takes on complex matters and gets right to the heart of it early to develop a strategy for a client’s global resolution. Her second priority is to provide strategic counsel along with timely and quality work.  She works to help clients understand how their legal case can be a metaphor for life.  Because she has personally experienced divorce, she knows that clients want an attorney that aggressively works to reach resolution.  However, she also knows clients want counsel that allows them to maintain their dignity and a degree of control and, when possible, self-determination in the resolution of life altering legal matters.

WHAT MOTIVATES HER?

When Lisa was young, she spent many weekends and nights doing her homework at job site trailers and at the local Memphis Builders Exchange (before the days of AutoCAD), as her Father was a local electrical estimator and subcontractor.  Her Father taught her that the difference between good and great is “all in the details.”  He could recite entire sections of the NEC from memory and still explain in layman’s terms what it meant without ever once making someone feel less than.  Her father taught many apprentices to help them obtain their master electrician’s license.  He acknowledged that getting the details right was powerful and important because it could mean the difference between a safe or unsafe job site or finished job.  He defined “servant leader” with his actions.  He listened, taught, and gave guidance.  She applies that same passionate dedication and principle to her legal practice.  She not applies these principles in her legal practice but, she has also frequently taught continuing legal education and given her time to mentoring and leadership programs through various associations in Mississippi and Tennessee, the Association of Women Attorneys, and the Leadership Germantown Youth Program.

HOW IS IT DONE?

As a friend’s father once told her, “You must offer the olive branch but, ready the sword.”  She takes that advice to heart.  She is results-oriented and efficient.  She works to resolve matters through negotiation or mediation when possible while also keeping the case poised for trial if negotiations are unfruitful.  She and her team aim to ensure that their clients do not have the added anxiety of preparing at the very last minute or being unprepared should their case proceed to trial.  Her first mentor taught her that “unfortunately, nothing settles a case quite like a trial date.”  Personally, she believes that Sun Tzu said it best when he offered “The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”  Still, she has come to accept that she cannot control whether the other party acknowledges the truth of that principle.  That is why she “offers the olive branch but readies the sword.” Lisa is an empathetic listener who offers compassionate guidance to clients navigating some of their most difficult and life-changing experiences.  She understands that clients need not only legal counsel but, also reassurance as they make some of their most challenging life decisions.

Lisa Gill is a skillful, effective advocate and experienced business owner who concentrates on being cost-efficient, reliable, and results-oriented.

EDUCATION

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS CECIL C. HUMPHREYS SCHOOL OF LAW: Juris Doctorate

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS: B.P.S, magna cum laude

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Rule 31 Listed Mediator 

  • Board Certified as a Family Law Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy

ACCOLADES

  • Super Lawyers® (2016-2023)

  • Avvo Superb (10/10) rating

  • 2021 Memphis Business Journal Best of the Bar

ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS

  • Memphis Bar Foundation

    • Fellow (Inducted 2023)

  • Memphis ADR American Inns of Court

    • Member (2022 – Present)

  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

    • Fellow (Inducted 2022)

  • American Bar Association Family Law Section

    • Member (2015-Present)

  • Tennessee Bar Association

    • Member (2009-Present)

    • Member of Family Law Executive Committee (2021-Present)

    • Vice Chair of Family Law Executive Committee (2022-Present)

    • Chair of the Family Law Executive Committee (2023-Present)

  • Memphis Bar Association

    • Member (2009-Present)

    • Director (2020-Present)

  • Mississippi Bar Association

    • Member (2009-Present)

    • Induction Ceremony Committee (2010)

    • President of NWMS YLD (2010-2011)

    • Organizing Chair of the NWMS YLD “Wills for Heroes” Event (2010)

NOTABLE CASES

  • Natalie Rowland Stewart v. Brian Stacy Rowland, No. W2015-00583-COA-R3-CV (TN Case)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • Leadership Germantown Future Leaders (Youth Program), Sponsor (2022)

  • Tennessee Women’s Advocacy Center, Purple Party Gala Sponsor (2022)

  • United States Department of Labor, Volunteer Ombudsman (2009-2010)

  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Great Strides Volunteer & Golf Committee Member (2004-2009)

  • Oasis of Hope, Volunteer Room Mother at Caldwell Elementary (2009-2010)

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Tennessee

  • Mississippi 

LEADERSHIP & PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

  • Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Section, Present Chair of the Executive Committee (2023-2024)

  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Law Practice Management & Technology Committee, Member (2023-Present)

  • Leadership Germantown Executive Board, Member (2022-Present)

  • Leadership Germantown, Graduate (2021)

  • Memphis Bar Association, Director (2020-Present)

  • Association of Women Attorneys, Past President (2016)

  • NITA (formerly ABA) Family Law Trial Advocacy Program, Graduate (2016)

  • Memphis Bar Association Family Law Section, Past Judicial Reception Chair (2015)

  • Association of Women Attorneys, Past Judicial Forum Chair (2014)

  • Association of Women Attorneys, Past Annual Banquet Chair (2010-2012)

  • Mississippi Bar Association, Northwest Mississippi Young Lawyers Division, Past President (2010)

  • Mississippi Bar Association, Northwest Mississippi Young Lawyers Division, Organizing Chair of the “Wills for Heroes” Event (2010)

  • Memphis Bar Association Leadership Forum, Graduate (2010)

PUBLICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL LECTURES

  • The Future Law Office: Decentralization - Procedures, Co-Presenter, Lawrence Datz, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Law Practice Management & Technology Committee - (September 19, 2023)

  • The Future Law Office: Decentralization - Contract Workers, Co-Presenter, Richard West, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Law Practice Management & Technology Committee - (September 19, 2023)

  • Pitfalls and Pointers: Litigation Involving Closely-Held Businesses and Family Law, Tennessee Bar Association - (August 17, 2023)

  • The Proposed Tennessee Domestic Relations Arbitration Act: A Road Map to Give Tennessee Family Law Litigants Equal Access to Arbitration, Tennessee Bar Journal March/April 2023, Vol. 59 No. 2

  • Ethics in the Information Age: Civil Actions and Remedies for Wiretapping, Stolen Evidence, Invasion of Privacy and HIPAA Disclosures, Tennessee Bar Association - (January 22, 2023)

  • Family Law Legislative Update, Tennessee Bar Association - (November 1, 2022)

  • Making the Best of a Difficult Situation: Hot Topics in Complex Family Law Situations, Memphis Bar Association – (October 1, 2022)

  • Tales from the Crypto: Cryptocurrency and the Impact this New Form of Exchange has in the Discovery Process and in Litigation Projects, Memphis Bar Association – (September 30, 2022)

  • Dealing with Difficult Opposing Counsel, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Domestic Law Forum – (March 18, 2021)

  • How to Best Use Your Financial Expert, Memphis Bar Association Bench Bar – (October 15, 2020)

  • Orders of Protection: Pointers and Pitfalls, Memphis Bar Association Family Law Section – (March 18, 2020)

  • Dealing with a Narcissist, Memphis Bar Association – (September 25, 2019)

  • Effective Negotiation Tactics, Memphis Bar Association Family Law Section – (April 10, 2019)

  • Family Law Legislative Update, Memphis Bar Association Family Law Section – (September 19, 2018)

  • Orders of Protection and Firearm Restrictions: A Look at the Sutherland Springs Incident, Memphis Bar Association – (December 5, 2017)

  • Criminal Issues in Civil Trials: A Closer Look at Contempt, Memphis Bar Association Leadership Forum – (May 13, 2013)

  • How to Conduct an Employment Investigation: Considerations in Light of Recent Supreme Court Decisions, Northwest Mississippi Chapter of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) Presenter - (November 1, 2011)

  • 2010 Employment Law Update, Northwest Mississippi Chapter of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) Presenter - (August 23, 2011)