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Lisa Futrell has practiced law for almost 30 years and is a member of the firm's board of directors. Since 1999, she has been a fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. She served as past Chair of the Louisiana State Bar Association's Advisory Commission for Bankruptcy Specialization. Ms. Futrell is the co-chair of the firm's Committee on Practice Standards. She has qualified to testify as an expert witness in federal court in the fields of bankruptcy and creditors' and debtors' rights. 

A frequent public speaker, some of Ms. Futrell’s speaking engagements include:

• "From Proofs to Payment: (Almost) Everything You Want to Know About Claims," American Bar Association Section of Business Law 2010 Fall Meeting Joint Program of National Conference Of Bankruptcy Judges and the Business Bankruptcy Committee (October 2010)
• "Individual Chapter 11 Issues: This Stuff is Pretty Hard," Panelist, 16^th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Seminar (2010)
• "Problems and Challenges When Your Client Has Distress Collateral," Louisiana Bankers Bank Counsel Conference (2009)
• "Increased Conversions: How to Get Paid for Post-Petition/Pre-Conversion Periods," 6th Annual Utility Bankruptcy Conference (2009)
• "So What Makes an Ethical Lawyer a Professional One?" Louisiana State Bar Association, Section of Bankruptcy Law (2009)
• "Distressed Real Estate Issues Under the Bankruptcy Code." Louisiana Bankers 2007 Bank Counsel Conference (2007)
• "How That Pesky Consumer Protection Act Has Affected Business Bankruptcies: BAPCPA and Significant Recent Rulings." Louisiana State Bar Association, Section of Bankruptcy Law (2007)
• "Chapter 11 Amendments, An Introduction to the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention & Consumer Protection Act." Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (2005)
• "Prepetition Waivers, Preferences, and Other Tradeoffs." Section on Bankruptcy and Consumer Law, Alabama State Bar (2003)
• "Judgment Enforcement in Louisiana." Lorman Education Services (2001)

Noteworthy

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy (listed annually since 1995)
• Recognized in "Chambers USA – America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in the area of Bankruptcy/Restructuring (annually since 2007)
• Listed in the 2012 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights (listed annually since 2007)
• AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
• Named one of the 2010 "Most Powerful and Influential Women" by the National Diversity Council
• Named to New Orleans CityBusiness' 2008 Women of the Year
  

News

• Jones Walker Announces New Partners, Office Heads, and Board of Directors Members
• Fifty-Six Jones Walker Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2012
• Eighty-Two Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
• Jones Walker Receives Unmatched Rankings in Chambers USA
• Forty-Two Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2011
• Jones Walker Announces Election of Members to the Board of Directors, New Partners, Office Head

Presentations

• 2010 Louisiana Women's Conference, September 17, 2010
• Women in Leadership Symposium, April 28, 2010
• The Louisiana Conference for Women, October 2, 2009
• Women in Leadership Symposium, January 8, 2009
• "Increased Conversions: How to Get Paid for Post-Petition/Pre-Conversion Periods", 2009
• "Problems and Challenges When Your Client Has Distress Collateral", 2009

Publications

• "Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code After BAPCPA: It's More Than Consumer Changes"
  August 2006
• "Preferences and Preference Defenses"
  Prepetition Waivers, Preferences, and Other Tradeoffs, Alabama State Bar Section on Bankruptcy and Consumer Law, 2003
• "Fifth Circuit Symposium: Bankruptcy"
  46 Loyola Law Review 931, 2000
• "Civil RICO: A Sampler for Lenders"
  Lender Liability CLE Monograph, Louisiana State Bar Association, March 31, 1998

Memberships

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• American College of Bankruptcy (Fellow, 1999 to date)
• Litigation Counsel of America (Fellow)
• Louisiana State Bar Association
  
• The Mississippi Bar