Lisa Jerde Spillman
Partner, Investment Management, General Counsel Services
Lisa Jerde Spillman is a partner focusing on investment management and regulatory matters, business creation and support, and crypto and digital assets. Before joining Sterlington, Lisa served as General Counsel for the State Treasurer's Office of Wyoming which manages over $25 billion in assets where she was responsible for both regulatory oversight of investment matters as well as overseeing the legal side of the State's investments. She also served as Senior Assistant Attorney General in Wyoming and practiced for 10 years before that in California.
With over 18 years of legal experience in the private and government sectors, she has represented clients in more than 100 investment, loan, real estate, and business transactions and negotiations. Lisa has experience setting up LLCs, assisting clients with regulatory and compliance reviews, and has advocated on behalf of clients with government agencies and the Legislature. She has worked for three federal judges, argued 46 appeals, co-chaired a jury trial, and filed numerous pleadings in a variety of state and federal courts.
Lisa received her J.D. magna cum laude from Chapman University Fowler School of Law, holds a Master of Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, received her B.S. in Business from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, and will receive her Master of Finance in May 2023 from Colorado State University Global.