Lisa M. Lampkin

Partner

Phoenix, AZ | Los Angeles – Downtown, CA
D 213.878.0730 | C 310.387.2978
lisa.lampkin@fmglaw.com

Education

  • J.D., McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Trial Advocacy Honors, Certificate in International Law, 1998
  • B.A., University of California, Irvine, Philosophy, 1995
Overview

Lisa Lampkin is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary’s Phoenix and Los Angeles offices. She is Office Co-Chair of the firm's Phoenix office, Vice-Chair of the firm's Insurance Coverage & Extra-Contractual Liability national practice section, and former Vice-Chair of the firm's Western Coverage practice team. Her practice focuses on insurance claims made under commercial general liability, professional liability, employers liability, aviation, excess and umbrella liability policies. 

Her practice involves counseling clients regarding their coverage obligations and rights against others, litigating insurance actions, and advising clients on program-wide issues such as claims handling, litigation management, and underwriting. 

She has participated in a rigorous secondment program in both the United States and London insurance markets.  During her secondment, she worked directly with a client's in-house legal team to provide daily guidance on a wide-range of claims and underwriting issues involving specialty insurance risks in the global market. 

Her vast experience allows her to evaluate complex claims and assess the benefits and risks of litigation.  She works closely with her clients to find practical solutions that will enable her clients to resolve disputes and achieve their goals in a cost-effective manner. 

Particularly adept at helping her clients manage their monetary exposure and reputational risk in large catastrophic claims, Ms. Lampkin has experience representing clients throughout the country in disputes that involve complex legal issues, multiple parties, and significant monetary exposure.  She has represented clients in numerous jurisdictions across the United States.

Bar Admissions

Arizona

California

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

U.S. District Court Central District of California

U.S. District Court District of Arizona

U.S. District Court Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

U.S. District Court Northern District of California

U.S. District Court Southern District of California

Publications & Engagements
Representative Cases & Clients
  • Represents national insurer regarding its insurance coverage obligations under multiple primary and excess policies with respect to state and federal class-action lawsuits involving sports-related concussions allegedly sustained by players involved in youth, college, and professional sports.
  • Coverage counsel for national surplus lines insurer regarding its duties to multiple professional sports teams, clubs, and leagues arising from copyright infringement claims asserted by different music publishing companies for the alleged use of songs without a license across different social media platforms.
  • Serves as coverage counsel for several insurers on primary and excess policies issued to pharmacies and wholesale distributors involved in class-action opioid lawsuits.
  • Represents insurers regarding their coverage rights and duties under liability policies with respect to sex trafficking cases filed in multiple jurisdictions against business entities involved in the ownership, operation, management, and control of hotels where these activities have allegedly taken place.
  • Handled coverage issues for a national insurer regarding its duties to a domestic insured facing a governmental request for the voluntary recall of its product from the Canadian marketplace.
  • Represented insurer regarding its coverage obligations under an aviation policy issued to a domestic insured with respect to a plane crash that occurred outside the U.S. which resulted in multiple lawsuits in U.S. and foreign courts.
  • Continental Casualty Company v. Consolidated Graphics Inc., 646 F.3d 210 (5th Cir. 2011)
Affiliations
  • CLM, Member
Awards and Recognition

  • 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Chambers and Partners USA Guide, California Insurance: Insurer (2024-2025)
  • Southern California Super Lawyers (2014-2025)
  • Top 50 Women Southern California Super Lawyers (2017-2018)
  • Southern California Rising Stars (2009-2013)
Classes/Seminars Taught
  • ALM PropertyCasualty360 Complex Claims & Litigation Forum, February 26, 2025, Outside the Box & Beyond the Norm: Innovative Approaches to Settlement Strategies
  • CLM Annual Conference 2024, April 3, 2024, Unraveling the Competing Interests of Defense and Coverage to Reach a Favorable Resolution
  • 7th Annual Women in Insurance Leadership Execusummit, March 13, 2024, Getting Buy-In from Male Leaders for Female Advancement in Leadership