13 Facts About Lisa Neubauer

Lisa Neubauer is an American lawyer and judge, currently serving as a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in the Waukesha-based District II.

Judge Neubauer has served on the Court of Appeals since 2007 and was chief judge from 2015 through 2021.

In 1987, Lisa Neubauer graduated from the University of Chicago Law School where she was a member of the Order of the Coif.

Lisa Neubauer is a recipient of the Community Service Award from the Association for Women Lawyers.

Lisa Neubauer is a former board member of the Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund, Racine Area United Way, the Equal Justice Coalition, and Legal Action of Wisconsin.

Lisa Neubauer has been a reading tutor in the Racine public elementary schools through the United Way Schools of Hope program, a big sister with a Big Sisters of Greater Racine, and a mentor for breast cancer survivors through "After Breast Cancer Diagnosis".

Lisa Neubauer previously served on the Planning and Policy Advisory Committee, the Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court Committee on Community Outreach.

Lisa Neubauer was employed from 1988 until 2007 at the Milwaukee law firm Foley and Lardner, specializing in environmental cleanup litigation and rising to the level of partner.

Lisa Neubauer was the first woman to serve as a judge of the court's District II, headquartered in Waukesha.

Lisa Neubauer enjoyed bi-partisan support in her campaign for the position, including the endorsement of Michael Grebe, the former state chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

In 2009, Lisa Neubauer was appointed presiding judge of District II.

Lisa Neubauer was a candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2019.

Lisa Neubauer was re-elected to another term on the Court of Appeals in 2020.