Elizabeth Lee "Lisa" Branch (born 1968) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She was a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals from 2012 to 2018.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 11/year
Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2012–Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 2018–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Court of Appeals of GeorgiaJudge · 2012–2018
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia1996–2004, 2008–2012
- U.S. Office of Management and BudgetOffice of Information and Regulatory Affairs · 2005–2008
- ↳special assistant to the administrator · 2005–2006
- ↳counselor to the administrator · 2006–2008
- U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityAssociate general counsel for rules and legislation · 2004–2005
Law clerk , Hon. J. Owen Forrester · 1994–1996
Appointments
2018–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)
2012–present
Education
J.D. · 1994- Davidson CollegeB.A. · 1990