Lisa Anne Hawkins, Esq.
Lisa has more than thirty years of experience in a wide array of real estate and finance matters, and now emphasizes primarily land development and natural resource preservation. She formed Hawkins Law PLC as a solo practice after nearly two decades as a partner with Flora Pettit PC, which she helped found after periods of practice with Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver and an international firm in Denver, Colorado where she lived following graduation with Order of the Coif honors from University of Virginia School of Law.
Lisa has been repeatedly named among the “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business since 2010 (most recently in 2025), as one of the “Best Lawyers in America”™ by Best Lawyers® for twelve years running, and in 2024 as one of “America’s Most Honored Lawyers.” Lisa currently serves on the Board of the Shenandoah Valley Conservancy (formerly Valley Conservation Council), and was a founding Board member of Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, The Alliance of the Shenandoah Valley and the Friends of the North River. She has served on request as a member of the City of Harrisonburg’s Downtown 2040 Committee and its Housing Study Advisory Committee, and as special counsel to the Rockingham County Board of Zoning Appeals. She has at times served on Boards and Committees of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, Rocktown History (formerly the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society), and the Arts Council of the Valley, among others.
An avid traveler by land, sea, air and book, Lisa is convinced that one person doing the right thing makes the whole world better.