Professional Service

* Currently a Special Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General
* Fifteen years of litigation experience
* Lead counsel in RICO (Racketeering) cases prosecuted by the Office of the Attorney General
* Lead counsel in consumer law cases resulting in millions of dollars of restitution to consumers
* Vice Chair of the Florida Bar Consumer Law Protection Committee
* Frequent speaker at clubs, associations, and at continuing legal education seminars on a variety of consumer law subjects
* Author of law articles, both for professionals and lay people (see attached publications list)
* Nominee, Wall Street Journal's 50 Women to Watch list
* Martindale-Hubbell's highest attorney rating - AV
* Previously an Associate at Holland & Knight

Military Service

Lisa Raleigh, United States Navy

* United States Navy - Aviation Electronics Technician
* Served with Patrol Squadron Fifty-Six ( P-3 Orion Anti-Submarine Warfare)
* Navy Expeditionary Medal (for unit actions during Operation El Dorado Canyon - Libyan bombing in 1986)
* Meritorious Unit Commendation (for unit actions during Operation El Dorado Canyon)
* Good Conduct Medal
* Sea Service Award

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Community Service

* Secretary, Florida Institute for Rehabilitative Education (F.I.R.E.) - a non-profit serving those who are blind or have vision loss, www.firesight.org
* Guardian ad Litem - representing abused and abandoned children
* Pro Bono work ranging from domestic Temporary Restraining Orders to representation of students in federal tax court
* Volunteer, Children's Creche, Children's Home Society
* Volunteer, Kate Sullivan Elementary School
* Member of Veterans of Foreign Wars
* Member of Tallahassee Women Lawyers

Publications

* author, "Florida Attorney General's Office Warns of Unauthorized Credit Card Charges", Elder Update, November/ December, 2002.
* author, "Business Ethics and the Law", Florida State University Business Review, Summer, 2001.
* co-author, Cybertax: State Sales Taxation of the Internet and Other "Telecomplications", Multistate Tax, September 27, 1996.
* author, State Tax Audits, Small Business Advisor, Florida Trend, February, 1997.
* author, Boarding the Latin Express, Tax Law Bulletin, April, 1997.

Education

* Juris Doctorate, Florida State University College of Law - 1990
* Honors Graduate, Law Review Associate Editor, Book Awards in
   Tax & Non-Profit Organizations, Public Service Fellowship
* Bachelor of Science, University of the State of New York - 1986
   (Completed degree in off-duty hours while on active duty in the U.S. Navy)
* Rotary Scholar, University of the West Indies, Barbados - 1990-1991

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