Join us
to welcome Judge Elizabeth Branch as she shares her story of her path to the bench. You can join in person at LeMeridien
or via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86202979419
In March of 2018, Judge Lisa Branch was
appointed to serve as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit. From 2012 to 2018, she
served as a judge on the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Prior to her judicial service, she spent her
entire private practice career in commercial litigation at Smith, Gambrell
& Russell, LLP in Atlanta, from summer clerk to associate to partner.
From 2004 to 2008, Judge Branch was a
senior official in the Administration of President George W. Bush in
Washington, D.C. She served first as the
Associate General Counsel for Rules and Legislation at the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security and then as the Counselor to the Administrator of the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the U. S. Office of Management and
Budget.
After graduating from law school,
Judge Branch served as a federal law clerk to The Honorable J. Owen Forrester
of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia from 1994 to
1996.
Judge Branch earned her J.D., with
distinction, from Emory University School of Law. She earned her B.A., cum laude, from
Davidson College.