Lisa M. Only
Partner
Experience
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.
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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.
Background
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
- American Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- National Association of Women Lawyers
- Planning Committee, 2019 to present
- Professional Liability Underwriting Society
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
- South Jersey Claims Association
- Board Member, 2024 to present
- Co-Director of Continuing Education, 2024 to present
- Association of Professional Insurance Women, 2024
- National African-American Insurance Association
Community Involvement
- American Bar Association
- National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Moot Court Judge, 2024
- Youth-at-risk Operation PAR: Mentor, 2006-08
- Cathedral Kitchen
- Board Member and Volunteer, 2011-19
- NALSAR, India for the International Environmental Moot Court Competition
- Host, 2006
News & Knowledge
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
- “Insurance 101: Claims,” South Jersey Claims Association, November 6, 2024
- “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
- “When and How to Tender a Claim,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar, April 18, 2024
RECENT INSIGHTS
February 24, 2023
January 3, 2023
February 28, 2022