Lisa Laplace is Deputy Pro Bono Counsel at Milbank LLP where she advances Milbank's pro bono mission by helping design, implement, and manage well-supported, ethically sound, and impactful pro bono initiatives aligned with the firm's priorities.
Primary Focus and Experience
Ms. Laplace was a Senior Staff Attorney and Director of Pro Bono Program at the New York Civil Liberties Union, where she focused on litigation and advocacy concerning disability rights, First Amendment, privacy, police transparency and accountability issues. She was responsible for program development and led the Pro Bono, Equality Watch New York, Summer Legal Intern & Legal Intake Programs. Prior to joining the NYCLU in 2005, she was a litigation associate at the law firms of Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Hastings, where she litigated a wide range of commercial and intellectual property law cases as well as pro bono matters involving civil liberties.
Recognition and Accomplishments
Ms. Laplace was a member of the Willowbrook Task Force, which advances the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and is a member of the Pro Bono & Legal Services Committee. She also served on the Public Interest Pro Bono Association and the New York City Bar Association’s Civil Rights and Copyright & Intellectual Property Committees for several years. She was a guest lecturer at CUNY Graduate Center’s PhD Program speaking on the First Amendment’s impact on the arts. An alumna of Interlochen Center for the Arts, she now serves as President of its Engagement Council and a member of its Board of Directors.
Ms. Laplace is a graduate of Duke University and Brooklyn Law School, where she served as Articles Editor for Brooklyn Law Review.
