Practice Areas

• Employment Law and Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Products Liability
• Professional Liability
• Worker's Compensation

Experience

Lisa Marso is a partner in our litigation section, with a primary focus in employment law. She also serves as the City Attorney for Brandon, South Dakota, providing legal advice and litigating disputes for this near-6000 person growing community. Her clients include both the small employer as well those who employ thousands of employees. Lisa has particular employment law experience in:

• Successfully representing employers and insurers in administrative, civil and appellate claims. In so doing, she has assisted in developing legal precedent that protects both employers and insurers in South Dakota.
• Obtaining a number of court dismissals of cases involving bad faith allegations against employers and insurers.
• Providing training in the workplace, speaking to small and large employers, and conducting pre-litigation investigations to resolve disputes prior to litigation being undertaken.

In addition to her involvement in employment law such as discrimination, ERISA, FLSA, COBRA, and worker’s compensation matters, Lisa has substantial varied litigation experience. This practice includes discovery, mediation, trials, and appellate work wherein she has been involved in trying over 10 cases, and writing and arguing over 35 cases in the South Dakota Supreme Court and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Because of her exceptional writing and analytical skills, Lisa’s practice further carries over into other more general matters listed above and insurance defense issues. She also has substantial expertise in disability matters, litigating both individual and group disability plan issues.

Education

• J.D., University of South Dakota School of Law (1994), top 10% of class
• B.A., University of Minnesota, Southwest (1991), summa cum laude

Associations

• The Defense Research Institute (Committees: Employment Law (state editor); Worker’s Compensation)
• South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association (Executive Committee)
• State Bar of South Dakota (Committees: Employment Law; Worker’s Compensation Disciplinary Board)
• American Bar Association (Labor Law)

Admitted to Practice

• South Dakota