Lisa

Lisa Ma is an experienced legal professional currently serving as an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of California since April 2019. Prior to this role, Lisa Ma worked as a Research and Writing Attorney at the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon and served as Habeas Corpus Counsel at the Habeas Corpus Resource Center. Additional experience includes positions as a Panel Attorney for the Sixth District Appellate Program and an Associate at Morrison Foerster. Lisa Ma's legal career began with a position as a Student Attorney at the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School, followed by roles as a Summer Associate and a Student Attorney at Morrison Foerster and Harvard Defenders, respectively. Lisa Ma also held the position of Editorial Page Editor at The Chronicle and worked as a Legal Research Assistant at the Metropolitan Public Defender. Lisa Ma holds a Doctor of Law degree from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University.