Lisa Solomon

Lisa Solomon joined Finkelstein & Partners as a Motions Attorney in September 2024. Ms. Solomon focuses on drafting and opposing various types of motions in the firm’s personal injury practice.

Ms. Solomon graduated from New York University School of Law, cum laude. Prior to attending law school, she earned her bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Brandeis University, where she majored in history and psychology. At Brandeis, she earned numerous awards, including Dean’s list (all semesters) and phi beta kappa. She was also named a Justice Brandeis Scholar and Abraham Sachar Scholar.

For the vast majority of her 30+ year legal career, Ms. Solomon has focused exclusively on legal research and writing, at both the trial court and appellate levels. From 1996 to 2022, she worked as a freelance lawyer, assisting solos and small firm litigators nationwide with all of their legal research and writing needs, including preparing and arguing appeals and drafting dispositive motions. Her innovative practice led the American Bar Association to name her as a Legal Rebels Trailblazer in 2017.

On her days off, Ms. Solomon enjoys hunting for wild mushrooms and other wild edible food with the Connecticut Westchester Mycological Association.

Selected Publications

Choosing the Right Legal Research Tool for Your Law Firm, eBook (MyCase September 2015)

To Improve Your Brief-Writing, Study How Judges Write Opinions, The Appellate Forum, Vol. 3, Issue 1 (July 2015)

Use Copywriting Techniques to Write More Persuasive Briefs, The Appellate Forum, Vol. 2, Issue 2 (July 2014)

Pixel Persuasion: Appellate Brief-Writing for the 21st Century, The Appellate Forum, Vol. 2, Issue 1 (January 2014)

Appellate Services Providers: Not Just for Printing Anymore, 35 Westchester County Bar Journal 53 (Spring/Summer 2008)

Ethical Judicial Opinion Writing (co-author), 21 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 237 (Spring 2008)

Specialists Will Take Care of the Messy Detail Work, National Law Journal, February 19, 2007, at pp. S5-S6

Taking an Appeal, GP|Solo Magazine, October/November 2002, at pp.32-33

Timely Disclaimer, Reasonable Efforts and the Uncooperative Insured, New York Law Journal, November 1, 1999, at p.1

Selected Continuing Legal Education Presentations

Choosing the Right Legal Research Tool for Your Firm
Above the Law Academy for Private Practice (2015)

Pixel Persuasion: Legal Writing for the 21st Century
Brooklyn Bar Association (2015); New York State Bar Association (2014); New York City Bar Center for CLE (2012); Nebraska State Bar Association (2011); Nassau Academy of Law (2011)

Powerful Writing Techniques to Help You Persuade Judges and Win Clients
New York State Bar Association (2011); Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2011); Michigan State Bar Association (2010); American Bar Association (2009)