Lisa Blue

Lisa Blue is a nationally recognized trial lawyer whose work has had a lasting impact on environmental and toxic tort litigation in the United States. As a partner with her late husband, Fred Baron, she helped lead Baron & Budd into the largest environmental law firm in the country. Her accomplishments have earned widespread national recognition.

Lisa received her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and earned two master’s degrees in Counseling Psychology from the University of Virginia. She later completed a PhD in Counseling Psychology at North Texas State University and earned her Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law, combining advanced academic training with legal expertise.

Following law school, Lisa joined the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted more than 125 cases to verdict. She later advanced to the Organized Crime Division, gaining extensive trial experience before transitioning into private practice focused on complex environmental and toxic tort litigation.

In 1985, Lisa joined Baron & Budd, where she concentrated on environmental and toxic tort matters. She and Fred Baron supervised more than 800 employees and managed the firm’s financial operations, helping build a nationally dominant practice that represented communities harmed by corporate misconduct and environmental contamination.

Lisa Blue’s leadership and influence have been widely honored. She has been named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America and one of the Top 50 Women Litigators in the United States by the National Law Journal. She served as President of the American Association for Justice from 2014 to 2015 and was inducted into the National Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame in 2015.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Baron and Blue, PLLC
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Former President, American Association for Justice
• Former Inductee, National Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame
• Former President, National Trial Lawyer

Licensed State

• Texas

Education

• South Texas College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• North Texas State University
  PhD in Counseling Psychology
• University of Virginia
  MA in Counseling Psychology
• University of Georgia
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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