Lisa Noroian, President, is honored to serve WBASNY as it celebrates 45 years of collective strength. Ms. Noroian served the NYS Unified Court System for over 20 years, including for 15 years as Principal Court Attorney to Hon. Carol S. Klein, JFC, AJSC, in Orange County, and with the Mental Hygiene Legal Service Appellate Division, 2nd Department. Ms. Noroian is presently doing work as an Attorney for the Child, with the Children’s Rights Society, Inc., in Goshen, New York. During her legal career Ms. Noroian has practiced in several areas of law, including Family and Matrimonial Law, Article 81 Guardianship and related issues, Mental Health Law, and Social Security Disability Law. She has represented clients before state and federal courts and administrative tribunals, and has handled guardianship cases in all counties of New York’s 9th Judicial District. Early in her career, she worked for legal services programs in the State of Florida, where she handled a caseload in multiple counties and coordinated pro bono projects. She then returned to New York and worked with a legal services program in Manhattan.
A member of WBASNY’s Orange-Sullivan Chapter since 2002, Ms. Noroian served on the Chapter’s Board from 2003 to 2010, including as President from 2008 to 2009, and during a second tenure as Vice-President from 2022 to 2024. She received the Chapter’s Distinguished Attorney Award in 2016. She also served as Treasurer of the Women’s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties Foundation.
Ms. Noroian has valued the opportunity to participate in various WBASNY leadership roles and engage with members across the state. She served as WBASNY President-Elect, Vice-President, Wellness Committee Co-Chair (2019 to 2023), Newsletter Chair (2022 to 2023), and CLE Committee Co-Chair for fifteen years. She was also Convention 2010 Co-Chair and a member of the Permanent Convention Committee.
Ms. Noroian has been involved in various volunteer endeavors in her community. She was active for many years in Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, leading her daughter’s troop, and as a Chair of two service unit committees. She also coordinated an annual program about Family Court for a local girls’ empowerment group. Ms. Noroian has previously volunteered with her law school interviewing law school applicants.
Ms. Noroian graduated from the Florida State University College of Law and practiced law in Florida before returning to New York. She grew up in Orange County, where she currently resides with her husband and daughter.