Education
- Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Michigan
- J.D. – 1994
- Boston University
- B.A. – 1987
Bar Admissions
- Michigan, 1995
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1995
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2003
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified adoption attorney
Professional Associations
- Oakland County Bar Association, Member, Criminal and Children’s Law Committee
- State Bar of Michigan, Children’s Law, Criminal Law, Young Lawyers, Family Law Sections, Member, 1996 to 2003
- State Bar of Michigan, Children’s Law Section Counsel, Member, 1996 to 2003
- National Association, Member, Counsel for Children
- Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, Member, Board of Directors
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Juvenile Law Committee
- National Child Abuse Defense Resource Center
- National Association, Criminal Defense Attorneys
- Oakland Country Bar Association, Juvenile Law Committee
- Oakland County Bar Association, Juvenile Law Committee
- National Counsel for Children
Current Employment Position
- Lisa B. Kirsch Satawa, PLLC – Chief Criminal Defender, 2015
- Kirsch Daskas Law Group, PLLC- Partner, 2015
- LKS Trial Consulting, Consultant, 2012
Past Positions
- Kirsch & Satawa PC, Principal Attorney, 1995 to 2013
- Clark Hill, PLC, Member, 2013 to 2015
Honors
- Michigan State Bar, Kimberly Cahill Young Leadership Award
- Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan Right to Counsel Award
- Elite Advocate Criminal Law
- Top 5% America’s Most Honored Professionals
- Hour Detroit, Top Women Attorneys in Michigan
- National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Nation’s Top 1%
- American Institute of Family Law Attorneys Client Satisfaction Award
- Crain’s Detroit Business, Michigan Top 50 Women Lawyers
Classes
- Collateral Consequences of Criminal Behavior: Central Registry & Family Law, 2020
- Questioning Child Hearsay Witnesses, 2019
- Child Witness Issues, 2019
- The IEP Development Process, 2019
- Issue Spotting and Choosing Experts- How Do I Know What I Need and Who Can Teach the Jury, 2018
- Cross-examination of Child Witnesses, 2018
- Intro to Criminal Sexual Conduct, 2017
- Thematic Cross Examination, 2017
- Bulletproofing and Shooting to Kill, 2017
- Child Witnesses: A Linguistic Approach to Cross Examination, 2016
- Reviewing Child Forensic Interviews: An Overview with tips to be a successful expert in this area, 2016
- Forensic Interviewing, Suggestibility of Children and Cross Examination of Child Witnesses, 2015
- Expert Witnesses: Bulletproofing yours while attacking theirs!, 2015
- A Primer on Child Witness Issues, 2015
- Hey Little Girl, Have a Praline: Cross Examining Children, 2015
- Filtering, Facts, Fibs and Fantasy: Child and Expert Witnesses, 2009
- Filtering Facts, Fibs, Fantasy: Child and Expert Witnesses, 2010
- : An Age Based Approach to Cross-Examination of Child Witnesses, 2012
- They Are Only Kids… A Primer on Child Witnesses and Forensic Interviewing, 2012
- Suggestibility and Forensic Interviewing of Children, 2013
- . Do Little People Lie in Court?, 2013
- Examination of Child Witnesses, 2013
- The Michigan Forensic Interviewing Protocol and Handling Child Witnesses, 2014
- Protecting Employers/ Corporations from Employee Misconduct, 2014
- Cross examining, Understanding and Analyzing Child’s Statements; Forensic Interviewing Protocols, Suggestibility and Linguistics to Combat Child Sexual Assault Allegations, 2014
- Sexual Assault Update, 2014
- Creative Sentencing in Sexual Assault Cases
- , M and M, Prosecutorial Misconduct and Mistrial
- Social Work in Court, 2001
- A is for Attorney, 2005 to Present
- Speaker Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan Trial College August 2011, Cross Examination, 2011
- Speaker Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan Trial College August 2012, Closing Arguments, 2012