Lisa Odom JD

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Biography

Ms. Lisa Odom served as Partner at Poole & Shaffery. She also serves as the Partner at Poole & Shaffery. Prior to founding McDowell Odom LLP, she represented multi-million dollar projects at high-profile law firms in Los Angeles including Kirkland & Ellis and Sidley Austin LLP. She has extensive experience representing large financial institutions and energy companies performing negotiations, extensive due diligence, preparing loan agreements, construction and various other types of real estate agreements, leases and permitting documents, and reviewing entitlements. Today, Ms. Odom uses her talent and sharp legal acumen to protect businesses and families, help them achieve success and secure peace of mind. She has also taught estate planning as a professor at College of the Canyons. She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Minor in Law and Society from the University of California, San Diego in 2001. She graduated summa cum laude with her Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2004 where she received a number of awards and accolades, including multiple Witkin Awards for Academic Excellence and CALI Excellence for the Future Awards. Ms. Odom was admitted to the California Bar in 2004, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court Central District of California. She is a member of the Santa Clarita Valley Bar Association. Ms. Odom is a "40 Under 40" award recipient in her community of Santa Clarita, CA where she also enjoys serving as an active board member at Single Mothers Outreach and as a member of Soroptimist International of the Greater Santa Clarita Valley ("SIGSCV"), a global volunteer organization working to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment. In 2015, she also co-chaired SIGSCV's major fundraising event, the Wine Affair.