Liisa R. Speaker
Member and Founder Speaker Law Firm, PLLC
(517) 482-8933
lspeaker@speakerlaw.com

Since graduating from The University of Texas School of Law, one of the nation’s top law schools, Liisa Speaker is well known for her excellent written and oral advocacy. Her appellate skills have helped clients obtain victories in appeals ranging from custody disputes to no-fault automobile insurance litigation to real property case and to probate appeals.

Liisa has represented clients in the Federal Appellate Courts for the Fifth and Sixth Circuits as well as the appellate courts of Michigan and Texas. She has been recognized by her peers for her appellate advocacy, receiving the 2009 Distinguished Brief Award, presented by the Cooley Law Review. The award honored her writing efforts for the amicus curiae brief she submitted in the USF&G v Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association case in the Michigan Supreme Court.

Liisa drafted and submitted amicus briefs on behalf of organizations such as the Family Law Section for the State Bar of Michigan, the Appellate Practice Section for the State Bar of Michigan, Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault, and the Michigan Association for Justice. These briefs aided the Court in drafting opinions or orders that had profound impacts on the law in Estes v Titus; USF&G v MCCA, Rowland v Washtenaw County Road Commission, Beaver v Barton Malow, U of M Regents v Titan Insurance, and  Mckormick v Carrier, to name a few. 

She has also obtained favorable rulings for her clients, resulting in published opinions.  For example, in In re Keast she obtained a victory in a published opinion in the Michigan Court of Appeals in an adoption case which is now one of the most frequently cited cases in Adoption Law.  In Rose v Rose, Ms. Speaker’s efforts led to a published opinion addressing whether a party who waived his right to modification of spousal support can obtain relief from judgment. She has achieved great success in obtaining the rarely-granted peremptory reversals for clients in the Michigan Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals.

In addition to a demonstrated history of effective appellate advocacy, Ms. Speaker is highly involved in the legal community.  She was appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to a four-year term on the Court Reporter and Recorder Board of Review. She serves as the chair of the Appellate Practice Section for the State Bar of Michigan. She also serves as the Treasurer to the Ingham County Bar Association. Through her written and oral advocacy, Ms. Speaker has demonstrated a passion for developing an appellate practice that gives her clients a voice, while contributing to the legal community.