Lisa Branch is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and was previously on the Court of Appeals of Georgia. She has extensive experience in government service, having served as Associate General Counsel for Rules and Legislation in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Counselor to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for the U.S. Budget. Judge Branch earned her
J.D. from Emory University School of Law and her B.A. from Davidson College. After graduation, she clerked for the Honorable J. Owen Forrester of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

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