Overview

Lisa Yun Pruitt is an associate in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's San Diego office. She also serves as a member of the San Diego office’s Diversity and Inclusion Working Group Committee.

Areas of Practice

Lisa specializes in consumer class action defense and complex commercial litigation. She has successfully represented clients in claims involving the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), state telemarketing laws, and consumer protection laws such as the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), Unfair Competition Law (UCL), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), California Rosenthal Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act (CCRAA), privacy and call recording statutes, and other business claims including contract disputes and mortgage-related litigation. Lisa also practices in the area of bankruptcy law. 

Lisa represents clients in a variety of industries, including financial institutions, auto finance companies, Fortune 500 companies, retail pharmacy chains, and for profit educational institutions. 

Representative Clients

Toyota, Rite Aid, Walmart, San Diego County Credit Union, Wells Fargo, IEC Corporation, Banc of California

Honors

Honors

Rising Star, San Diego Super Lawyers, 2020-2021

Finalist, Leaders in Law, San Diego Business Journal, 2019

San Diego Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2019

Pro Bono Publico Award, Casa Cornelia Law Center, 2018

San Diego Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2018

Final Nominee for Women to Watch Award, Connected Women of Influence, 2018

Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services, State Bar of California, 2017

San Diego Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2017

Best of the Bar, San Diego Business Journal, 2016

Young Attorney, The Daily Transcript, 2014

Insights

Articles

Privacy Law Blog Posts

Class Action Defense Strategy Law Blog Posts

Financial Institutions Law Blog Posts

Media Mentions

Speaking Engagements

  • Co-Presenter, “TCPA and CAN-SPAM Act: Understanding and Mitigating Risks in the Healthcare Setting,” MCLE presentation, August 2, 2022
  • Panelist, “Collect, Report, Repeat: There’s More to the Debt Recovery Process,” National Apartment Association Legal Symposium, June 30, 2022
  • Organizer and Co-Moderator, “Breaker Barriers,” Korean American Bar Association – San Diego, MCLE presentation, April 8, 2021
  • Co-Presenter, “What You Need To Know About The Attorney Client Privilege,” MCLE presentation, Plano, Texas, October 30, 2019
  • Organizer and Co-Moderator, “Breaking Barriers,” Korean American Bar Association – San Diego, MCLE presentation, April 6, 2017

Memberships

Memberships

2022, Regional Governor, International Association of Korean Lawyers

2020, NextGen Committee Member, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges

2014-2017, 2019-2020 Board Member, Korean American Bar Association

2019 Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

2017-2018 Board of Directors, Marketing Committee – Women’s Museum of California

2016-2017 LEAD San Diego – IMPACT Program Graduate

2015-2019, Member, San Diego Defense Lawyers

2014-2017, William L. Todd, Jr. American Inn of Court

2014-1015, Louis M. Welsh American Inns of Court

Education

J.D., University of Southern California, 2011, Content Editor of the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, Recipient of the USC Scholarship, Alumni Co-Chair of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association

B.A., University of San Diego, 2006, Dean's List, Recipient of the USD Scholarship and Arthur E. Hughes Endowment Scholarship

Clerkships

  • Judicial Law Clerk for Chief Justice F. Michael Kruse, High Court of American Samoa, July 2012 to August 2013
  • Extern for Honorable Stephen V. Wilson, United States District Judge for the Central District, January 2010 to April 2010

Admissions

  • California
  • American Samoa
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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