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Lisa M. Only

Special Counsel

lmonly@goldbergsegalla.com
609.986.1334
Princeton
GS Attorney Lisa Only

Lisa M. Only has more than 10 years of experience counseling and defending clients in complex civil litigation matters, with a particular focus on premises liability and transportation. She is experienced in all phases of discovery, mediations, arbitrations, appellate briefings, and working with insured clients and insurance carriers to coordinate defense strategy. Lisa has handled hundreds of case management, settlement, and pre-trial conferences, motion hearings, site inspections, jury selections, and arbitrations for transportation, premises liability, and product liability matters.

Before going into private practice, Lisa gained experience as a law clerk for the New Jersey Superior Court, Civil Division in Gloucester County, for the Hon. Jean B. McMaster, where she researched and drafted bench memoranda and opinions, and mediated small claims matters.

Industries

Transportation

Experience Highlights

  • Successfully mediated a motor vehicle accident involving two buses where the plaintiff was a passenger in one of the buses and claimed to have sustained permanent injuries. Matter was resolved for less than 10% of the plaintiff’s six figure settlement demand.
  • Obtained summary judgment in favor of a national retail store where the plaintiff walked into an automatic door that opened towards him.
  • Obtained summary judgment in favor of a commercial property owner where the plaintiff claimed to have sustained injuries due to a slip and fall accident.
  • Obtained an arbitration award in favor of a home inspection company where the plaintiffs claimed that the home inspector failed to identify material defects during the home inspection.

Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania

Education

  • Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 2009
    • Student Bar Association: Vice President
    • American Bar Association, Law Student Division
      • Lieutenant Governor of Diversity for the Fifth District, 2008-09
  • Stetson University School of Business Administration, M.B.A., 2009
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, B.A., 2004

Professional Affiliations

  • New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Garden State Bar Association
  • Philadelphia Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey
  • National Association of Women Lawyers
    • Planning Committee, 2019 to present
  • South Jersey Claims Association

Community Involvement

  • Cathedral Kitchen
    • Board Member and Volunteer, 2011-19
  • American Bar Association
    • Youth-at-risk Operation PAR: Mentor, 2006-08
  • NALSAR, India for the International Environmental Moot Court Competition
    • Host, 2006

Publications & Events

  • “Auto Insurance Law 2020: Hot Topics, Trends and Case Law,” National Business Institute, August 28, 2020
  • “Working with Insurance Claims and Adjusters,” National Business Institute, August 28, 2020
  • “Auto Insurance Law 2020: Hot Topics, Trends and Case Law,” National Business Institute, August 28, 2020
  • “Working with Insurance Claims and Adjusters,” National Business Institute, August 28, 2020
  • “Mode of Operation Doctrine: Limiting Plaintiff’s Use of Doctrine in Slip and Fall Cases,” South Jersey Claims Association, March 2016

Recent Insights

Goldberg Segalla Welcomes Lisa M. Only

February 28, 2022

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