Lisa Barkley concentrates her practice in the area of business and commercial litigation. She has extensive experience in complex business litigation matters, including trust disputes and related fiduciary obligations, property management litigation, deceptive trade practice allegations, insurance coverage disputes, partnership and property ownership litigation, legal malpractice and fee forfeiture matters, and ad valorem tax disputes.
Prior to attending law school, Lisa practiced as a Certified Public Accountant.
Her recent experience includes:
- Representation of an owner of an apartment complex portfolio against a property management company resulting in a substantial arbitration award and appellate reversal of injunctive relief.
- Representation of a trustee of a $25 million trust involving fiduciary duty and trustee removal issues.
- Representation of minority limited partners in a dispute involving the sale of partnership assets.
- Representation of property owner in multiple-year litigation with appraisal district relating to valuation of assets in excess of $100 million.
Selected Professional and Business Memberships
- Past President, Bexar County Women's Bar Association and Foundation; President (2008), President-Elect (2007), Vice President (2006) and Director (2004-present)
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation; and San Antonio Bar Foundation
- Member, William S. Sessions American Inn of Court
- Board of Directors, San Antonio Public Library Foundation
- Chair (2005) and Co-Chair (2004), Leadership Lab, North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce; Director, Leadership Lab Alumni Board of Directors (2005)
- Member, Board of Directors, North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Honors
- Named 2006 recipient of San Antonio Bar Association President's Award for outstanding service to the association.
Recent Publications
- "Lawyer to Lawyer: Things We Know (But are Well to be Reminded)" - State Bar of Texas Litigation Section Professional Responsibility Program (2007)
- "Where the Buck Stops: Defending the Corporate Representative Deposition" - Texas Bar CLE (2007)
Selected Representative Experience
Online Publications
03/16/2010 -
The Storm Rages On: How Best to Obtain Texas Property Tax Reductions in a Turbulent Economic Climate
As we navigate the waters of these tough economic times, appraisal districts faced with massive city, school and county revenue losses caused by declining property values will most likely try to stem the tide by not voluntarily lowering taxpayers’ 2010 property values to their fair market values. Meanwhile, property owners struggle to reconcile the aftermath of declining occupancy rates, the bid/ask spread, and frozen financial markets with their property’s value as appraised by their local appraisal district.
12/31/2008 -
Ready to Rumble? (Or…How Best to Obtain Texas Property Tax Reductions for Your Business and Residence Due to Lower Property Values)
Irresistible force, meet immovable object. The irresistible force is the drop (extreme drop in many circumstances) in taxpayers’ property values during 2008. The immovable object is appraisal districts’ desire to maintain 2009 property tax values in order to avoid massive city, school and county revenue losses.
In anticipation of Texas appraisal districts not lowering voluntarily taxpayers’ 2009 property values to their fair market values, what follows is a brief toolkit to use in preparing for the good fight.