Lacey Sipsey
Associate Attorney
Overview
Lacey Sipsey is an Associate Attorney in the Orange County office of Lynberg & Watkins. Ms. Sipsey is currently a member of the Public Entity Defense/Police Liability Defense team wherein she represents law enforcement officers in civil rights matters.
Ms. Sipsey is an experienced civil defense attorney backed by dual-state licensure and practice area expertise spanning government entity liability, premises liability, employment, criminal immigration, and intellectual property law. Ms. Sipsey is highly skilled in motion practice and brief writing, with substantial appellate litigation experience at the state and federal level, including California Courts of Appeal, California Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In her current position, Ms. Sipsey defends various public entities, including municipalities, law enforcement agencies, and governmental officials in cases involving complex federal and state law claims alleging violations of constitutional and civil rights, as well as various torts. Ms. Sipsey has represented multiple public entities, including Orange County, City of Hemet, City of Victorville, County of Riverside, County of San Bernardino, City of Azusa, City of Redondo Beach, City of West Covina, Baldwin Park, City of Anaheim, City of Santa Monica, and others.
Prior to working in the public entity defense sector, Ms. Sipsey owned her own law firm and specialized in criminal immigration matters. Ms. Sipsey also worked with various law firms wherein she handled complex business, contract, tort, premises liability, employment, securities, and intellectual property litigation.
Ms. Sipsey received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi, affectionately Ole Miss, School of Law. While here, Ms. Sipsey served as an Associate Editor for the Mississippi Law Journal. Ms. Sipsey has published the article entitled Inducing Congress to Create Separate Patent Infringement Categories: A Solution to Multiple Actor Liability Evasion, 85 Miss. L.J. 209 (2016).
Prior to law school, Ms. Sipsey graduated with honors from the University of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry.
Ms. Sipsey enjoys spending her free time paddleboarding, hiking, cooking, and spending time with her family.
General
Practice Areas
- – Appellate Practice
- – Civil Rights
- – Labor and Employment
- – General Torts
- – Intellectual Property
- – Police Liability Defense
- – Premises Liability Defense
- – Public Entities
Education
Legal
- – Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude
- University of Mississippi School of Law
- 2016
Undergraduate
- – Bachelor of Science, Biology
- University of Southern Mississippi
- 2011
Professional
Bar Affiliations
- – State Bar of California
- – State Bar of Mississippi
Notable
Publications:
- – Inducing Congress to Create Separate Patent Infringement Categories: A Solution to Multiple Actor Liability Evasion, 85 Miss. L.J. 209 (2016).