Our Team
Lisa D. Chanel, Esquire (Founder)
Lisa Chanel is an accomplished and seasoned attorney with a unique combination of litigation, investigation, teaching, and alternative dispute resolution experience. She serves in the capacity as a trained mediator, investigator, settlement conference facilitator, neutral fact-finding conference examiner, and consultant (federal sector only) in all areas of concentration handled by the firm.
Ms. Chanel has been committed to the area of Civil Rights since 1995. During law school, she served as a legal intern with the Disability Law Clinic at Seton Hall School of Law assisting in the representation of claimants in social security matters. While in law school, she also served as a legal intern for the Community Health Law Projects in New Jersey by assisting in the representation of persons with disabilities. Prior to becoming a trial attorney, she was a certified mediator for the New Jersey Superior Court during her judicial clerkship with the Honorable Catherine Langlois.
Ms. Chanel received a Juris Doctoris degree from Seton Hall School of Law in 1998. She also earned her Masters degree from Boston University in 2009 and a Bachelors of Arts degree from Howard University in 1994. Ms. Chanel has been a practicing attorney for approximately 26 years, and she has achieved admission to the following Bars:
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
United States District Court of Maryland
United States District Court of New Jersey
State of New Jersey
State of Maryland
State of New York
District of Columbia
From 1999 to 2002, Ms. Chanel served as an insurance defense counsel for a midsize civil litigation firm in New York and New Jersey where she conducted pre-trial litigation and represented clients in trials, appeals, arbitration, and mediation. From 2003 to 2005, she served as Managing Partner and defense counsel specializing in Criminal Law and Family Law for a boutique firm in upstate New York. She started the Law Office of L.D. Chanel, LLC in 2005. The name of the firm was changed to L.D. Chanel FactFinders, LLC in 2023. For 19 years, through the firm, Ms. Chanel has served as a trial attorney and appellate attorney; EEO investigator for GSA Contractors in the areas of Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Equal Pay Act; and, trainer and consultant for GSA Contractors in the areas of Employee Relations, Mediation, Diversity and Inclusion, Conflict Resolution, and EEO/Affirmative Action investigations in the federal sector.
Ms. Chanel has served as a Mediator, Mediation Program Assistant, Investigator, and Fact-Finding Conference Examiner to address Charges filed directly with EEOC, the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights (MCCR), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Ms. Chanel graduated from the National Fair Housing Training Academy with a Certificate in investigator training. She is also recognized by EEOC as a certified trained investigator. She received a Certificate in investigator training from EEOC.
In 2005, Ms. Chanel broadened her career aspirations to include academia. She served as an adjunct professor at the University of the District of Columbia from 2006 to 2015 where she taught Introduction to Logic, Introduction to Social Ethics, Global Social Ethics, Conflict Resolution and Mediation Techniques, and Justice Issues in Society. She has also served as a member of the adjunct faculty at Howard University where she taught Principles of Reasoning and Philosophy of Law from 2005 to 2010.
investigation & training team
Ms. Chanel utilizes other certified EEO Investigators, FAD Writers, and experienced Trainers (independent contractors) to serve the needs of the firm's clients.