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About us
Innovating for Accessible Legal Planning
We started this firm believing that access to legal advice should be affordable, transparent, and friendly. After years of working in the legal field, we felt that the traditional law firm model was failing the average consumer and wanted to provide a different, better experience. We believe that legal planning should be accessible and affordable so that families and businesses avoid the high costs of failing to plan.
We know you are busy and because we are committed to making it as easy as possible for you to work with us, we utilize technology and virtual office space so that we can connect with you wherever in the world you may be.
Our Mission - Minimize Risk, Maximize Opportunity
Legal Field Guide’s mission is to provide the education, counsel, and support necessary to minimize risk and maximize opportunity so that families and businesses motivated to improve their communities may be successful.
Educate and Empower
We will meet you where you are and educate and empower you so you may avoid pitfalls and seize opportunities.
We know you have goals, we'll help you reach them.
Attorneys
Lisa M. Field, Founding Attorney
Lisa has been working in the legal industry for over 20 years. She started her career as a receptionist in a law firm while attending undergraduate school at Boise State University, and then worked as a paralegal in a civil litigation firm practicing business litigation and personal injury.
She also worked at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in the Career Services office advising law students and graduates and connecting them with law firms and government organizations in San Diego. She graduated law school, magna cum laude, and then realized her dream of starting her own firm with a client-focused approach.
Lisa became an attorney to help people solve their problems. Listening, understanding and finding answers for people brings her a deep sense of joy. After having her daughter and discovering how a lack of planning had negatively affected so many people, she was drawn to estate planning. She feels a need to educate individuals and families about the process and help them create a plan to provide for their loved ones.
Lisa's strong entrepreneurial spirit led her to start her own firm and help others with their business ventures. She is excited by people with great ideas who want to improve their communities and will passionately support those committed to that goal.
Activities, Endeavors and Publications
- Vice-Chair, Young Lawyer’s Committee, American Bar Association GP Solo and Small Firm Division, 2017-2019
- Finalist, 2016 GRAMMY Foundation Entertainment Law Initiative, "Beginning with the End in Mind."
- Thomas Jefferson Law Review, Editorial Board Member, 2016-17
- Note, "Copyright Infringement and Musical Expression: Creating Specific Jury Instructions for Comparing Music", 38 T. Jefferson L. Rev. 152 (Spring, 2016)
- "Going Solo: My first division meeting experience", ABA Student Lawyer Magazine, January, 2017
- "Belize", "Costa Rica", "Nicaragua" (Chapters), Update Editor [2014]. Foreign Tax and Trade Briefs, 2nd Ed., LexisNexis®. William Byrne & Robert Munro
- "Making Networking Work for You: Tips for Event Networking", For the Record, San Diego County Bar Association, August 2014
Lisa M. Field, Founding Attorney
Attorneys
Douglas M. Field, Partner
Doug joins Legal Field Guide as managing counsel, bringing with him years of experience working with entrepreneurs, start-ups, and established businesses to transform ideas into sustainable businesses, minimize risk and maximize opportunity.
Doug has advised and drafted policy for employers regarding hiring, employment contracts, independent contractors, wage and hour law, vacation leave and time off, employee handbooks, trade secrets, workplace safety and privacy, discrimination and harassment, and workplace investigations.
He has handled every aspect of litigation in contract, real estate, insurance, environmental, employment, and personal injury disputes. He has worked to surpass the expectations of his clients in negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, and litigation. Doug is admitted to practice before all Courts of the State of California, as well as the Southern, Eastern, and Northern District Courts.
Doug Field believes in the mission of Legal Field Guide because he cares about the clients and their communities.
Douglas M. Field, Partner