Lisa helps clients create and maintain effective employee benefits programs. She also assists clients by providing advice on how to administer those plans.
Overview
Her practice includes the creation, review, maintenance and regulatory compliance of retirement and welfare benefit plans under ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, the Internal Revenue Code and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Lisa also drafts plan documents, SPDs and required plan notices for her clients.
Prior to law school, Lisa gained valuable legal experience working as a paralegal and researcher at several law firms. She gained significant experience assisting lawyers through all phases of a case including discovery, mediation and trial. She has also prepared witnesses, written discovery and pleadings in connection with depositions, hearings and trial. Lisa also assists lawyers in preparing wills, trusts and powers of attorney documents.
While studying law, she served for two years as a teaching assistant for UMKC School of Law's Lawyering Skills Program, where she helped first-year law students gain critical legal research and writing skills.
Experience
Lisa assists with Form 1095-C Employer Shared Responsibility reporting and responses to the IRS penalty assessments regarding minimum essential coverage.
Lisa conducts benefits-related due diligence on multimillion dollar deals.
Lisa counsels clients on COBRA and various state level mini-COBRA compliance issues.
News & Insights
News
Speaking Engagements
Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Considerations in Layoffs and Reductions in Force, July 2025
"Recent Development in Employee Benefits Law," New Challenges for HR in 2025, January 2025
"Recent Development in Employee Benefits Law," New Challenges for HR in 2024, February 2024
"Employee Benefits Update," New Challenges for HR in 2023, February 2023
Publications
"Strategic HR Leadership Through Uncertainty: Navigating Layoffs and Reductions in Force," HR Daily Advisor, August 2025
"Federal Court Invalidates Reproductive Health Privacy Rule: Strategic Compliance and HIPAA Implications," The New York Law Journal, July 2025
"California Consumer Privacy Act's Employee and Business-to-Business Exemptions Expire Effective January 1, 2023 How Should Employers Prepare?" Stinson Alert, December 2022
"Annual Limits on Qualified Plans for 2023," Stinson Alert, October 2022
"Agencies Issue Additional Guidance Regarding Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Test Coverage," Stinson Alert, February 2022
Author, "Sansotta v. Town of Nags Head," The Urban Lawyer, 48 URB. LAW. 209, Winter, 2016
Recognitions
Recognitions
Myron E. Sildon Excellence in Estate Planning Award, UMKC School of Law, 2017
UMB Estate Planning Award, UMB Bank, 2017
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Business Organizations, Estate Planning for Charitable Giving, Lawyering Skills, Tax-Exempt Organizations and Taxation of Business Organizations
Professional & Civic Activities
Professional & Civic Activities
The Missouri Bar
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
UMKC Alumni Association
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), Site Coordinator, 2015-2017
Kansas City Tax Clinic, 2016
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Missouri, 2017
Education
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2017
- Urban Lawyer, Articles Editor
- UMKC Law Review, Staff Member
- Moot Court Board
Missouri Western State University, Criminal Justice with emphasis in Legal Studies, summa cum laude, 2004
