Lisa Sarro

Lisa Sarro

Community Legal Services, Inc.

Panelist, Alternative Avenues for Advocacy

Lisa Sarro is the Director of Litigation and Advocacy for Community Legal Services. She has been entrenched in the Maryland legal services and nonprofit world since 1998.

Lisa is a firm believer that lawyers are most effective for the public good when they make use of their skills and focus their energy, both inside and outside the courtroom. As Director of Litigation and Advocacy for CLS, Lisa works with CLS attorneys and staff every day to hone skills and develop litigation plans to have the most beneficial systemic impact possible. In addition, Lisa is a commissioner, board, or task force member on the Maryland Consumer Protection Commission, the Anne Arundel County Human Relations Commission, the Anne Arundel and Annapolis Homeless Coalition, Prince George’s County’s Accessory Dwelling Unit Task Force, the Anne Arundel Bar Association’s Pro Bono Committee, the MSBA’s Public Interest Law Committee, and the MSBA Judicial Nominating Commission, and others. In her spare time, Lisa volunteers at libraries with her Golden Retriever, Sunny, helping young readers develop their reading skills.

Lisa received her J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University.