Providing Clients With Comprehensive Legal Services Since 1983

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Lisa DeLorme

Lisa DeLorme

Biography

Lisa DeLorme is a senior first-chair trial attorney with experience leading litigation, regulatory, administrative and advice matters. Her practice focuses on eminent domain, inverse condemnation, property damage and contract disputes. 

 Ms. DeLorme has particular experience representing public utility and government clients in eminent domain, property and regulatory matters. Ms. DeLorme served as the lead eminent domain attorney on the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project (TRTP), the nation’s largest electric transmission line project constructed over a 256-mile corridor to transport new wind energy resources.

Education

  • Stanford Law School, Stanford, California
    • 1998
  • University of California at Berkely
    • Master of Arts, Sociology - 1989
  • State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
    • Bachelor of Arts, Sociology - 1987
    • Honors: summa cum laude
    • Honors: Regent's scholar

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • U.S. District Court Central District of California

Past Positions

  • Senior Attorney, Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California, 2000-2021

Professional Associations

  • San Bernardino County Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2020-present.
  • San Bernardino County Bar Association, a volunteer Arbitrator hearing attorney fee disputes, 2021- present.
  • International Right of Way Association (IRWA), Chapter 57 (Riverside). Chapter Member
  • American Inns of Court, Joseph B. Campbell Chapter, San Bernardino, California. Chapter President, 2015-2016; Treasurer, 2013-2015; Member 2003-present.

Practice Areas

  • Eminent Domain
  • Real Estate
  • Property Disputes
  • Commercial and Business Litigation
  • Property Damage
  • Contracts
  • Public Utility