Baron (born 1952) is a trial lawyer and ,with her late husband, started the Baron and Blue law firm.
As partner with her late husband Fred Baron is one of the largest environmental law firm in the U.S., Blue’s accomplishments have been nationally recognized. She has been named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America, one of the Top 50 Women Litigators in the U.S. by National Law Journal, and received numerous other state and national recognitions for her legal expertise. She served as president of the American Association for Justice from 2014-2015 and was inducted into the National Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame In 2015.
Blue received her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and two master’s degrees from the University of Virginia in Counseling Psychology. After a brief teaching career, she returned to school and earned a PhD in Counseling Psychology from North Texas State University and a Juris Doctorate from the South Texas College of Law.
After completing law school, Blue joined the Dallas County District Attorney’s office where she prosecuted more than 125 cases to verdict and later advanced to the DA’s Organized Crime Division. In 1985, she moved to the law firm Baron & Budd where she specialized in environmental and toxic tort law. Lisa and her husband, Fred Baron, supervised 800+ employees and managed all financial aspects at Baron & Budd, the largest environmental law firm in the United States.
Over the duration of her legal career, she has earned over $350 million in winning verdicts and millions more in settlements for her clients. Blue won the largest mesothelioma verdict in the state of Texas to date ($55 million) and was a member of the trial team in a Texas Vioxx case that resulted in a $253 million verdict.
