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Geary, Lisa

Lisa Geary

Of Counsel

lisageary@quinnemanuel.com
Direct Tel: +1 212 849 7000, Direct Fax: +1 212-849-7100
New York
Tel: +1 212 849 7000 Fax: +1 212 849 7100

Lisa Geary is an experienced appellate litigator who rejoined Quinn Emanuel in 2024 as Of Counsel.  Her practice focuses on appeals and dispositive motions in complex commercial disputes.

Lisa has handled appeals in numerous state and federal appellate courts on a broad range of subject matters, including intellectual property, products liability, contract disputes, employment discrimination, bankruptcy, and constitutional law. She has particular expertise in the New York Court of Appeals, the Arkansas Supreme Court, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth, and Eighth Circuits. Lisa has also represented clients in merits cases and petitions for certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States.

In addition to her appellate experience, Lisa has also successfully prepared and argued critical motions that either secure early victory for her clients or result in important, pre-trial rulings that set the stage for victory at trial. Recently, she was part of a trial team that obtained a jury verdict on behalf of a Fortune 5 company defending an employment discrimination suit. In 2021 and 2022, she was part of a trial team that successfully defended an executive charged with criminal antitrust violations for fixing prices and rigging bids in the poultry industry.

Lisa began her career in private practice in 2018 as an Associate in Quinn Emanuel’s New York Office. Before then, she clerked for the Honorable Richard C. Wesley on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Susan Phillips Read and Eugene F. Pigott, Jr., on the New York Court of Appeals.

  • The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
  • (J.D., magna cum laude, 2014)
    • Order of the Coif
    • The Ohio State Law Journal:
      • Articles Editor
  • Grove City College
  • (B.A., summa cum laude, Political Science and Spanish, 2011)
  • The State Bar of New York
  • The State Bar of Arkansas
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Court of Appeals:
    • Second Circuit
    • Fifth Circuit
    • Eighth Circuit
    • Ninth Circuit
  • United States District Court:
    • District of Eastern Arkansas
    • District of Western Arkansas
    • District of Colorado
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard C. Wesley:
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2017-2018
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Eugene F. Pigott, Jr:
    • New York State Court of Appeals, 2015-2016
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Susan Phillips Read:
    • New York State Court of Appeals, 2014-2015