Lisa Ketai

Attorney/Mediator

Professional Experience

Lisa Ketai has had the privilege of practicing law for more than 30 years. She gained valuable courtroom and litigation experience during her tenure as equity partner in a well-respected Houston law firm, as senior litigation counsel for an international corporation, and as senior litigator for a large governmental entity.

Professional Experience

• LK Mediation Services LLC 2024–present
  • Attorney/Mediator
• The City of Houston Legal Department 2013-2024
  • Senior Assistant City Attorney III – Litigation and Claims
• Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP 2007-2013
  • Senior Health & Safety Litigation and Corporate Counsel
• Beirne Maynard & Parsons, LLP 1997-2007
  • Equity Partner

Admitted to Practice

• Supreme Court of the United States
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Southern District of Texas
• Western District of Texas
• Northern District of Texas
• Eastern District of Texas
• State Bar of Texas
  

Professional Affiliations

• Houston Bar Association – ADR Section, Litigation Section
• Texas Association of Mediators
• Texas Bar Foundation – Sustaining Life Fellow
• Houston Bar Foundation – Fellow

Education

• A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center, Houston, Texas – Mediation Training
• South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas – J.D.
• Oxford University, Magdalene College, Oxford, England – Summer Law Program
• University of Texas School of Public Health Houston, Texas – M.S. Occupational Health
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan – B.S. Natural Resources