Professionals

Lyzette M. Wallace

Discovery Counsel

WASHINGTON, DC

T 202.408.4600

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Overview

Lyzette Wallace is discovery counsel at Cohen Milstein and a member of the Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice. She assists in discovery and evidentiary-related aspects of litigation and deposition preparation. 

Lyzette has extensive discovery experience related to government investigations and litigation involving securities, antitrust, and False Claims Act violations in industry sectors including financial services, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare, and involving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration, and numerous state attorneys general offices. 

Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Lyzette worked with a plaintiffs’ firm and a defense firm. As a plaintiffs’ attorney, she represented health care insurers against brand pharmaceutical manufacturers in large, antitrust class actions involving False Claims Act violations, kickbacks, Hatch-Waxman abuses and whistleblower claims. Lyzette was a member of the team that represented a whistleblower against a brand pharmaceutical manufacturer, leading to what was at the time the largest health care fraud settlement in the U.S. Department of Justice’s history. As a defense attorney, she defended clients in internal and external investigations in deferred prosecution agreements, False Claims Act violations, Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act violations, kickbacks and qui tam matters involving the U.S. Department of Justice, the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, Food and Drug Administration, and various state attorneys general offices. 

Lyzette is a certified coach through the Coach Training Alliance and founded C3 Coaching, Inc.  She is also an accomplished facilitator and speaker and has had the opportunity to give a presentation to a State Department audience that provided successful strategies for managing difficult client relationships and communications. 

Prior to practicing law, Lyzette was a senior technical and marketing recruiter at Microsoft, and founded, owned, and operated an education consulting business. 

Outside of work, Lyzette is a tennis player, theatergoer, and foodie. 

Pro Bono
  • Successfully represented a father in complicated DC child-custody matter. 
ADMISSIONS
  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia
EDUCATION
  • Howard University School of Law, J.D., 2004
  • Stanford University, B.A., 1990