Lisa M. Schmitt

Lisa M. Schmitt is Sr. Business Counsel with Robinson & McElwee PLLC in Wheeling. Her practice includes Business and Corporate law and Real Property matters. She represents regional and national corporations as well as local small businesses in transactions involving real estate, commercial operations, and asset ownership. Her work includes title examination, closings, commercial leases, business transactions, and estate-related matters, with experience serving clients in industries such as oil and gas, manufacturing, and retail.

Schmitt earned her J.D. from West Virginia University in 2001, an M.B.A. from Wheeling Jesuit University in 1991, and a B.A., summa cum laude, from Bethany College in 1987. She also received a Diplome Semestriel de Langue et Civilisation Francaises from Universite de Paris, La Sorbonne, in 1986. Her combined legal and business education supports transactional work that requires understanding of contracts, financing, property rights, corporate structure, and the commercial reasons behind a client’s proposed deal.

Schmitt’s experience includes acquisitions, dispositions, and development of industrial and commercial sites, land and mineral title work, curative matters, asset acquisitions and sales, commercial leases, estate planning and administration, and employee benefit plan issues. She is a licensed title agent for major title insurers in Ohio and West Virginia and prepares title commitments and policies for residential and complex commercial transactions. She also handles closings, foreclosures, and legal documents connected with real property and business operations.

Lisa M. Schmitt brings a broad transactional background to clients whose matters combine business and real estate concerns. Her prior private-practice experience and current counsel role allow her to address both routine and complex legal needs, from title questions and property transfers to corporate transactions and estate matters. She helps businesses and individuals organize documentation, identify ownership or contractual issues, and complete transactions with attention to legal requirements, practical timing, and the long-term effect of the agreements they enter.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Robinson & McElwee, PLLC
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• Member, Ohio County Bar Association
• Member, Energy & Mineral Law Foundation
• Board Member, Kiwanis Club of Wheeling (2006-Present)
• Member, Ohio Land Title Association

Licensed State

• West Virginia
• Ohio

Education

• West Virginia University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Wheeling Jesuit University
  Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Bethany College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) Summa Cum Laude
• Universite de Paris, La Sorbonne
  Diplome Semestriel de Langue et Civilisation Francaises, Universite de Paris (LaSorbonne)

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