Lisa Z. Slotkin is the managing shareholder of Zarwin Baum’s Northern New Jersey office located in Jersey City and the Co-Chair of the Casualty & Professional Liability Defense Practice Group. Her primary area of practice is professional liability, including defending lawyers in malpractice claims, defending negligence claims against insurance agents and brokers, overseeing the defense of employment practices liability claims, as well as defending a whole host of other professionals such as realtors and title agents and searchers. She is board certified in Privacy and US Data Protection (CIPP/US). Lisa has extensive experience defending various businesses in everything from fall down incidents to complex construction site accidents. She has defended countless bars and restaurants in liquor liability actions. This continues to be a very large part of Lisa’s defense practice. In addition to being retained by insurance companies to defend their insureds, Lisa also is often retained by insurance companies to represent insurers with respect to disputes over the existence of insurance coverage. Her experience includes litigating in state and federal courts throughout New Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania. She is also licensed to practice law in New York.
In 1994, Lisa graduated from Temple Law School and joined Zarwin Baum just after taking the bar examination. She has been with the firm for her entire career, starting in our firm’s Philadelphia office then opening the firm’s Jersey City location in 1999. Originally the sole attorney in the office, Lisa’s presence has helped the firm to grow its New Jersey practice to include six lawyers in that satellite office. Lisa Slotkin was selected for inclusion in “New Jersey Super Lawyers” as published in New Jersey Monthly from 2006 through 2009, and in 2006 and 2007 she was recognized as one of the top 50 female lawyers in New Jersey. She was also featured in the New Jersey Monthly “Ask Super Lawyers” section of the publication in April 2008. Lisa lives in New York City with her family. In her “spare” time she loves to try new foods, visit new places and read fiction, though she avoids legal thrillers. She also heads to the beach any chance she gets.
Professional Liability
Professional Liability
& Events
June 2023 Master of Ceremonies and Co-coordinator of Themis Mock Trial Event in Richmond, VA
May 2022 Hosted and coordinated the Women of Themis 2022 Leadership Summit in Jersey City, NJ
March 2022 South Jersey Paralegal Association’s Educational Symposium, Presenter, “Top Ethical Dilemmas Faced by Paralegals”
February 2022, Themis Advocates Annual Conference, The Life of a Claim: Six Components Detailed by Industry Experts, Moderator, “Diversity Presentation”
March 2020 New Jersey State Bar Association’s Seminar for Continuing Legal Education, Panelist 2019 Legal Malpractice Update CLE
April 2019 United States Liability Insurance’s Hospitality Customer Conference, Speaker, “Trends in Liquor Liability – An Attorney’s Perspective”
March 2019 New Jersey State Bar Association’s Seminar for Continuing Legal Education, Panelist, 2019 Legal Malpractice Update CLE
May 2018 United State Liability Insurance’s Hospitality Customer Conference, Speaker, “Trends in Liquor Liability – An Attorney’s Perspective”
January 2018 THEMIS Annual Conference, Panelist, “Claims That Hit Close to Home in More Ways than One: What Every Insurance Professional and Defense Lawyer Needs to Know”
April 2017 WOMEN OF THEMIS Leadership Forum, Moderator
January 2017 THEMIS Annual Conference, Moderator, Professional Liability Panel
August 2016 WOMEN OF THEMIS Leadership Forum, Moderator
January 2016 THEMIS Annual Conference, Moderator, Professional Liability Panel
January 2015 THEMIS Annual Conference, Panel Member, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (aka: The Firm, the Auditor and the Industry) – Understanding, Navigating and Living with Clients’ Use of Billing Vendors”
New Jersey District Court
New Jersey Supreme Court
New York Appellate Division
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Defense Research Institute
Hudson County Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
New Jersey Defense Association
Professional Liability Defense Federation
Professional Liability Underwriting Society
Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, J.D.
University of Maryland, B.S.
2015 – Present, International Association of Privacy Professionals Certified Individual Privacy Professionals/United States (CIPP/US)