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NYSBA Selects Robert L. Haig Award Winner for 2017

Lisa M Nousek

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Since 2006, Lisa M. Nousek has served as a partner with Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, based in Armonk, New York, where she focuses on civil law, including product-liability matters. Prior to this role, she was a clerk for Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Steven Colloton. Alongside her legal practice, Lisa M. Nousek is an active member of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA).

Earlier this year, the NYSBA presented Seymour W. James, Jr., with its prestigious Robert L. Haig Award, bestowed annually on a member of the New York legal community who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to public legal service. James was recognized for his role with New York City’s Legal Aid Society as its attorney-in-chief.
No stranger to NYSBA, James also has served as the organization’s president in the past, holding the post from 2012 to 2013. Now heading one of the foremost legal nonprofits in the country, he leads an organization responsible for some 300,000 cases each year.