Columbus School of Law

Laurie A. Lewis
Clinical Assistant Professor

lewisla@law.edu

Laurie A. Lewis joined the full-time faculty at the Columbus School of Law in 2004. She is an alumna of the law school. Professor Lewis was editor-in-chief of the Catholic University Law Review, and published a Note. She was also an active member of the Moot Court Association. Prior to earning her law degree, Professor Lewis received a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire, where she graduated summa cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa; and a M.S. in Rehabilitation Psychology from Syracuse University, where she also graduated summa cum laude.

Professor Lewis' legal expertise is in the field of domestic relations law, involving wide-ranging litigation and mediation work. Litigation experience includes civil motions and trial practice in Northern Virginia circuit and juvenile and domestic relations courts on issues relating to divorce, custody, spousal support, child support, and equitable distribution. She has also represented clients in personal injury and defamation suits. Mediation experience includes working with couples and families, primarily in negotiation and drafting of property settlement agreements for uncontested divorce cases. Professor Lewis is certified by the Supreme Court of Virginia as a circuit and district court family mediator, and by the Northern Virginia Mediation Service as an advanced family mediator.

As a rehabilitation psychologist, Professor Lewis worked in hospital and school settings with persons suffering from drug addiction, sometimes associated with chronic pain. She is a licensed vocational rehabilitation counselor and a biofeedback therapist. Professor Lewis has often served as an expert witness in trials involving persons disabled from working.

In the law school community, Professor Lewis currently serves as advisor to the honor board. In her home community, she provides pro bono legal services to her parish. Professor Lewis also draws upon her extensive therapy training to do lay pastoral counseling and train Stephen Ministers; and upon her extensive mediation training to offer pro bono mediation services to indigent families. Professor Lewis sits on the board of directors for her local recreation association. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and three daughters.