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Lisa Yonka StevensAssociate Logan, Yumkas, Vidmar & Sweeney, LLC |
Professional Experience
Lisa Stevens specializes in complex civil litigation and dispute resolution.
Prior to joining Logan, Yumkas, Vidmar & Sweeney, LLC, Ms. Stevens represented corporate policyholders in insurance coverage disputes in state and federal courts throughout the country and abroad in international arbitration. She has been involved in all aspects of litigation and has successfully recovered millions of dollars for her clients. In addition to her insurance coverage work, Ms. Stevens has litigated complex commercial contract disputes and business-related torts.
Ms. Stevens served as a law clerk for The Honorable James P. Salmon of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals from 2004 to 2005. In 2003, she was a Rose Zetzer Fellow at the National Women’s Law Center and a summer associate at Dickstein Shapiro, LLC. During law school, Ms. Stevens was a research assistant for the Center for Health and Homeland Security and interned with The Honorable Andre M. Davis of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Ms. Stevens received her J.D., with honors, from The University of Maryland School of Law, where she served as Notes and Comments Editor of The Maryland Law Review. In addition, Ms. Stevens was awarded The Joseph Bernstein Prize for the most significant piece of legal writing submitted for publication in The Maryland Law Review during 2003 to 2004. She received her B.S., cum laude, in microbiology, with distinction, from The Ohio State University, where she was awarded the Presidential Leadership Citation, Outstanding Senior Award, and inducted into SPHINX Senior Honorary.
Bar Admissions
Maryland
District of Columbia
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Education
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 2004, with honors
The Ohio State University, B.S., Microbiology, 2001, cum laude, with distinction
Professional Background
Dickstein Shapiro LLP, 2005-2010
Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Honorable James P. Salmon, 2004-2005
Professional Affiliations
Maryland State Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
American Bar Association
Publications
Author, "Bankruptcy Law: Five Things Every Lawyer Should Know", The Advocate, Young Lawyers Section—Maryland State Bar Association, Volume 26, Number 2, Winter 2010.
Author, “The Sport of Numbers: Manipulating Title IX to Rationalize Discrimination Against Women”, 2004 BYU Education & Law Journal 155 (2004).
Co-author, with Michael Beattie, “An Open Debate on United States Citizens Designated Enemy Combatants: Where Do We Go From Here?”, 62 The Maryland Law Review 975 (2003).
Co-author, with Bradley Wine, “Another View: New Affirmative Action Rulings Affect Contracting”, Government Computer News (September 29, 2003).
