Lisa Saltzburg represents individuals, government entities and institutional clients in complex securities and consumer fraud actions, public client litigation, and a variety of other consumer and commercial matters.
Lisa is an integral part of Motley Rice’s team of attorneys that represents dozens of cities, towns, counties and townships in the National Prescription Opiate MDL against opioid manufacturers and distributors for alleged deceptive marketing, fraudulent distribution and other business practices that contributed to the opioid crisis.
She is part of the BP Oil Spill litigation team, and helped people and businesses in Gulf Coast communities file claims through the new claims programs established by the two settlements reached with BP. Lisa also serves on the trial team for the Florida Engle tobacco litigation.
Prior to joining Motley Rice, Lisa was an associate attorney for a nonprofit advocacy organization, where she worked through law and policy to protect the environmental interests of the Southeast. She drafted briefs and other filings in South Carolina’s federal and state courts and worked with administrative agencies to prepare for hearings and mediation sessions. Lisa also served for two years as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Karen J. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, where she developed valuable legal research and writing skills and gained experience involving a wide range of issues arising in civil and criminal cases.
Lisa held multiple positions in environmental organizations during law school, handling a broad array of constitutional, jurisdictional and environmental issues. She also served as an editor of the Stanford Law Review and as an executive editor of the Stanford Environmental Law Journal. A member of numerous organizations and societies, including the Stanford Environmental Law Society, Lisa attended the National Institute for Trial Advocacy's week-long Trial Advocacy College at the University of Virginia.
* Please remember that every case is different. Any result we achieve for one client in one matter does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients.
Litigation Areas
Public Client Securities Class Actions Toxic ExposureEducation
J.D., Stanford Law School, 2006
B.A., with high distinction, University of California, Berkeley, 2003
Licensed In
- Colorado
- South Carolina
Admitted to Practice Before
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Awards and Accolades
2016 South Carolina Super Lawyers® Rising Stars list
Securities litigation, Class action/mass torts, Personal injury–products: plaintiff