Lisa M. Munoz

Lisa M. Munoz is a Partner in our office in North Palm Beach, Florida, and she concentrates her practice on catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability, and automobile negligence and other transportation-related claims.

She also has extensive experience representing mental health facilities in wrongful Baker Act matters for temporary detention related to emergency mental health matters, employment discrimination and medical malpractice actions. She often counsels clients in breach of contract and discrimination/wage cases filed in federal court, and has represented facilities and healthcare providers in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Agency for Health Care Administration and Department of Health matters.

Earlier in her career, Lisa represented both plaintiffs and defendants in premise liability, general liability, and personal injury cases, which gives her valuable insight into the strategies and tactics of attorneys on both sides of litigation.

Lisa earned a Juris Doctorate degree from St. Thomas School of Law, where she was involved in Moot Court and served as Secretary of the Student Government Leadership. While in law school, she interned at the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office, where she was a certified legal intern and tried numerous criminal cases. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in criminology and philosophy at Florida State University.

Lisa is a past board member of the Palm Beach County Justice Association, and she previously was a member of the Hispanic Bar Association and the Florida Association for Women Lawyers. She has also been a member of The Craig S. Barnard American Inns of Court.

She is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

EXPERIENCE

Lisa brings extensive experience in medical malpractice, personal injury, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, general liability, automobile negligence and other transportation litigation. She has represented numerous mental health facilities in wrongful detention matters under the Baker Act, as well as medical malpractice claims, employment discrimination matters, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Agency for Health Care Administration and Department of Health matters. Her previous experience representing both Plaintiffs and Defendants gives her tremendous insight on the tactics and strategies use by both parties, which empowers her to present a more effective defense for her clients.

Presentations

•Baker Act Presentation At Bethesda Hospital- 2019

In The News

Hall Booth Smith Adds Burt and Munoz as Partners, and Heffling as Of Counsel in Growing N. Palm Beach Office

March 12, 2020
Feb. 27, 2020 - North Palm Beach, FL - Hall Booth Smith, P.C. is delighted to announce that it has hired Michael D. Burt and