Lisa Y. W. Cosper is a member of the Firm’s commercial group, where she focuses her practice on Estate Planning, Probate, and Trusts. She also works on Corporate Law matters as well as Liquor Licensing.  Her practice involves helping clients protect their legacies by creating and implementing individualized estate plans. Additionally, she provides guidance to business owners in establishing and maintaining appropriate business structures.

Lisa received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Law from Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business in 2014. Immediately following her undergraduate degree, Lisa went to earn her Juris Doctorate in 2017 from Arizona Summit Law School where she graduated magna cum laude. While in law school, Lisa provided pro bono services including Community Legal Assistance and Wills for Heroes.

Before joining the Firm, Lisa worked as a paralegal at an Arizona-based law firm in 2014, focusing on estate planning and administration while pursuing her law degree full-time.

Through her experience in estate planning and administration, Lisa developed a strong foundation in writing, drafting, and managing trusts and estates. After becoming a licensed attorney, she expanded her practice in estate planning and took on leadership responsibilities in the estate administration department, where she guided fellow attorneys on best practices and supervised the department’s paralegals. Lisa has been a highly sought after speaker for Estate and Probate conventions and festivals since 2019 and she has won several awards for her work including Top Corporate Attorney, Albuquerque Journal Readers’ Choice Awards, 2023.

Lisa is a huge animal lover and has eight rescue dogs!

    • “Probate Process From Start to Finish” December 29th, 2025 National Business Institute (NBI).

    • “How to Include Charities in Your Estate Plan” November 5th, 2025 Estate Planning Seminar for University of New Mexico Foundation.

    • “Probate and Estate Administration for Paralegals” June 4th, 2025 National Business Institute (NBI).

    • “Arizona Estate Administration From Start to Finish” March 10th, 2025 National Business Institute (NBI).

    • “Getting Your Legal Affairs in Order” Oct 8, 2024 Senior Empowerment Series

    • “New Mexico Estate Planning 2024: New Laws, Old Tools, and Changes You Need to Make” August 30, 2024

    • “Probate Process from Start to Finish,” September 5, 2023, National Business Institute (NBI).

    • “Charitable Planned Giving,” August 9, 2023, Estate Planning Seminar for the University of New Mexico Foundation for the School of Architecture.

    • “Taxes in Estate Administration: Basis Reporting and Other Key Issues,” June 20, 2023, National Business Institute (NBI).

    • “Trusts and Taxes in New Mexico From A to Z,” December 14, 2022, National Business Institute (NBI).

    • “How to Include Charities in Your Estate Plan,” November 3, 2022, Estate Planning Seminar for the University of New Mexico Foundation for the School of Engineering.

    • “Conversational Planned Giving,” July 26, 2022, sponsored by the University of New Mexico Foundation.

    • “Estate Planning Issues,” October 16, 2022, New Mexico Annual Before I Die Festival.

    • “Estate Planning,” May 12, 2022, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) through UNM Continuing Education.

    • “Estate Planning Issues,” October 31, 2021, New Mexico Annual Before I Die Festival.

    • “Estate Planning,” October 28, 2021, Southwest Forest Service Amigos.

    • “Planned Giving and Estate Planning,” October 26, 2021, Popejoy Hall Board Retreat.

    • “Estate Planning Webinar,” March 25, 2021, Popejoy Hall Board.

    • “Estate Planning Issues,” November 7, 2019, New Mexico Annual Before I Die Festival.

    • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, 2026

    • Top Corporate Attorney, Albuquerque Journal Readers’ Choice Awards, 2023

    • Best Estate Planner, Albuquerque, 2019-2021, expertise.com

    • Best Probate Attorney, Las Cruces, 2019-2021 expertise.com

    • Arizona Summit Scholar, 2017

    • Family Law CALI Award, 2017

  • Currently expanding and emerging as a legal professional.

Admissions

  • Arizona, 2018

  • New Mexico, 2019

Education

  • Arizona Summit Law School, 2017, J.D., magna cum laude

  • Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business, 2014, B.A., Business Law

  • Estrella Mountain Community College, 2012, Associates Degree, General Business

  • Estate planning

  • Complex estate planning

  • Estate tax planning

  • Uncontested probates

  • Trust administration

  • Succession planning

  • Business planning

  • Business organization

  • Liquor license sale/lease/purchases