Lisa J. Hall
About
Lisa Jellison Hall received her undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1997. She was the recipient of the University of Tennessee College of Law Certificate of Academic Excellence Award and the Corpus Juris Secundum Award. She joined Hodges, Doughty & Carson as an associate and was admitted to the bar in 1997. Lisa is listed as a Tennessee Supreme Court “Rule 31” Family Law Mediator.
She is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, American Bar Association, and East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women. She is also a Master of the Bench member of the Hamilton Burnett Chapter of the American Inns of Court and a 2022 Fellow of the Knoxville Bar Foundation. She was a member of the Knoxville Bar Association Board of Governors for the term of 2015-2017. Lisa is a regular contributor to the Knoxville Bar Association’s monthly publication, DICTA. She also serves as a member of the Hearing Panel for the Board of Professional Responsibility.
Lisa’s practice is primarily devoted to family law and also includes general civil litigation and trial practice, including motor vehicle, premises liability, business and contract matters. She has been named in the Best Lawyers in America, as well as CityView Top Attorneys, in multiple areas of practice for the past several years.
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
Education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee J.D. magna cum laude – 1997 Honors: Certificate of Academic Excellence Award Honors: Corpus Juris Secundum Award
- University of Tennessee B.A. in English
Honors and Awards
- Graduated Magna Cum Laude, University of Tennessee College of Law
- Cityview 2012 Top Knoxville Attorney – Family Law/Divorce/Child Support, Personal Injury – Auto Accident – Defense
- Cityview 2013 Top Knoxville Attorney – Adoption; Consumer Protection-Defense; Elder Law; Family Law/Divorce/Child Support; Insurance Law; Personal Injury-Auto Accident-Defense; Personal Injury-Motorcycle Accident-Defense
- Cityview 2014 Top Knoxville Attorney – Adoption, Family Law/Divorce/Child Support
- Cityview 2015 Top Knoxville Attorney – Elder Law, Adoption
- Best Lawyers in America 2016 – Insurance Law
- Cityview 2016 Top Knoxville Attorney – Elder Law, Personal Injury – Motorcycle Accident – Defense, Adoption, Family Law/Divorce/Child Support
- Best Lawyers in America 2017 – Insurance Law
- Cityview 2017 Top Knoxville Attorney – Adoption Law, Elder Law, Family Law/Divorce/Child Support
- Cityview 2018 Top Knoxville Attorney –Elder Law and Family Law/Divorce/Child Support
- Best Lawyer in America 2018 - Insurance Law
- Best Lawyer in America 2018 - Insurance Law; Litigation - Insurance
- Cityview 2019 Top Knoxville Attorney – Adoption
- Best Lawyers in America 2019 – Insurance Law
- Cityview 2020 Top Knoxville Attorney – Family Law/Divorce/Child Support, Elder Law, Adoption
- Cityview 2021 Top Knoxville Attorney – Family Law/Divorce Child Support, Adoption
- Best Lawyers in America 2021 – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance
- Best Lawyers in America 2022 – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance
- Cityview 2022 Top Attorney – Family Law/Divorce/Child Support
- Cityview 2023 Top Attorney – Family Law/Divorce/Child Support
- Cityview 2024 Top Attorney – Family Law/Divorce/Child Support
- Best Lawyers in America 2023 – Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance
- Best Lawyers in America 2024 - Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Inns of Court, Master of the Bench
- Knoxville Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Knoxville Bar Association – Co-Chair Work/Life Balance Committee, 2004-2011
- Knoxville Bar Association – Member, Family Law Section
- Knoxville Bar Association Board of Governors, Member 2015-2017
- Knoxville Bar Foundation - 2022 Fellow
