Lisa Chen is an associate who handles complex commercial litigation matters. Prior to joining Hueston Hennigan, Ms. Chen was a law clerk to the Hon. Eunice C. Lee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Hon. Pamela K. Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She also worked as a litigation associate at Keker, Van Nest & Peters.
During law school, Ms. Chen earned the C. LaRue Munson Prize, which is awarded for excellence in a law school clinical program. She served as a clinic student director and a member of the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic, where she worked on litigation aimed at protecting the U.S. Census Bureau’s funds and programs for counting traditionally undercounted minorities during the 2020 Census. She was also lead editor and production editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review, and served as an intern in the Special Litigation Unit at the New York Legal Assistance Group.
Ms. Chen speaks conversational Mandarin Chinese.
*Ms. Chen is not yet admitted to practice in New York.
Experience
Representing FAT Brands in parallel criminal and SEC cases involving violations of securities laws.