My Skills Are Your Edge
Lysa Stein, JD
Attorney | Business Consultant | Grants Manager
For over 30 years, I’ve combined legal expertise, business strategy, and grant development to help organizations grow with clarity, confidence, and integrity.
My experience spans law, advocacy, compliance, and funding strategy - giving my clients a unique advantage. I specialize in preparing organizations to pursue funding thoughtfully, reduce risk, increase ROI, and achieve long-term impact without unnecessary debt or dilution.
The sections below outline the legal, operational, and funding experience that shape my approach - and explain why clients trust me to guide complex growth decisions.
Financial & Evidentiary Advocacy
Exposed & Reduced Wall Street Fraud
As a Securities Attorney, I discovered evidence from Wall Street and nationally renowned accounting firms that exposed widespread financial misconduct. As a result of this work, I:
- Identified the defrauding of more than 700 clients;
- Achieved a 98% success rate in recovering my clients' retirement savings; and
- Inspired federal statutory regulations via the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Cured The Damage Caused By Government Errors & Omissions
As a Civil Rights Advocate and Class Action Attorney at the Center for Civil Justice, I helped to prove and rectify massive governmental data processing errors and omissions that directly affected public welfare. This contributed to:
- The restoration of clean water to the City of Flint, Michigan;
- The forced provision of Medicaid coverage to over 200,000 qualified, low-income families; and
- Improved housing conditions for thousands of Section 8 tenants.
Raised Funds Through Grants
As a Grant Writer and Consultant, I earned awards for organizations including:
- Chambers of Commerce
- Small businesses
- Community organizations
- Child care centers
- Sports and recreation clubs
- And more
Operational Excellence
Leveraged Partnerships
As a Program Coordinator, I executed a program between Detroit Chamber of Commerce and Detroit Public Schools that partnered businesses, foundations, governments, and nonprofit organizations and produced a 285% improvement in student success.
As a Development Director, I won a Boys and Girls Clubs of America award for marrying local businesses and media in Albany, New York with educational programming for children.
As a State Board Member of WLAM (Women Lawyers Association of Michigan), I collaborated with the US SBA (Small Business Administration) to create workshops that taught attorneys how to establish and expand small law firms.
Restructured a State-Wide Bar Association
As a Past President of WLAM, I spearheaded a strategic organizational restructuring that:
- Transformed the association from a dues-dependent model to a sustainable, revenue-driven organization
- Refocused its mission from an entity that supports women in the legal profession to one that promotes their recruitment, retention, and ascension into leadership roles
Compliance & Integrity
Analyzed and Applied State and Federal Laws
As a law clerk and judicial intern for the United States District Court and the State of Michigan Court of Appeals, I researched the application of laws to facts and drafted judicial opinions that the courts:
- Published 100% of the time without modification
- Granted me unprecedented authority to use opinions as personal writing samples
Enforced Bar Association Regulations
As a member of the State Bar of Michigan Standing Committee on Character and Fitness, I:
- Assessed the fitness of bar applicants to receive law licenses
- Enforced Lawyers' Rules of Professional Responsibility