Lisa K. Caruso

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Law

Bar Admissions

• Kentucky
• Virginia
• U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky

Education

• Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Highland Heights, Kentucky
  • Juris Doctor - 1995
  • Honors: Chair, Chase National Environmental Law Competition
  • Honors: Honors, Moot Court
• University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
  • B.A. - 1992
  • Major: Political Science

Professional Associations

• Member Virginia State Bar Association
• Member Kentucky State Bar Association
• Member Prince William County Bar Association
• Member Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Leadership

• Virginia State Bar Criminal Law Section Board of Governors, Chair
• Virginia State Bar Criminal Law Section Board of Governors, Vice-Chair
• Virginia State Bar Criminal Law Section Board of Governors, Secretary
• Member Virginia Criminal Justice Committee
• 4th District Representative to the Virginia Board of Game and Inland Fisheries
• Chair, Wildlife and Boat Committee of VDGIF
• Member of the Director of Public Safety’s Task Force on Alternatives for Non-Violent Offenders
• Virginia Association of Commonwealth Attorneys – Member Legislative Committee
• Vice-Chair of the Dinwiddie Domestic Violence Task Force
• Vice-Chair of the Dinwiddie Gang Prevention Task Force
• Member Dinwiddie Republican Committee
• Vice-Chair of the Tri-City Women’s Republican Committee
• Board of Directors Member – Sutherland Ruritan Club
• Member Finance Council – St. John's Catholic Church

Past Employment Positions

• Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for the County of Dinwiddie, Virginia, Commonwealth's Attorney (elected), January 2007 – September 2014
• Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Colonial Heights, Virginia, Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney, January 2004 – December 2007
• Public Defender's Office: City of Richmond, Virginia, Assistant Public Defender, April 2003 – January 2004
• Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for the County of Brunswick, Virginia, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, September 2002 – April 2003
• Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for Emporia/Greensville County, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, July 2002 – September 2002
• Barnes & Batzli, PC: Chesterfield, Virginia, Associate, November 2001 - July 2002
• Lisa Caruso, Attorney at Law: Louisville, Kentucky, Sole Practitioner, May 1998 – October 2001
• Jefferson County Family Law Court - Louisville, Kentucky, Guardian ad litem, January 1999 – October 2001
• Louisville Jefferson District Public Defenders Office - Louisville, Kentucky, Assistant Public Defender, December 1996 – April 1998