Lisa Strauss Niser, E.A.

https://www.lisaniser.com

1:1, online and group programs to help you overcome the fear of taxes and make informed decisions.

Sample sessions include:
What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Taxes.
How Cash Flow and Taxes Change when You Make Partner at a Professional Firm
The Importance and Impact of Financial Wellness
Understanding the Tax Impact of Retirement Plans and HSAs
How W4s and Withholding Work
What Real Estate Investors Need to Know About Taxes.
Tax Basics 
The Tax Side of Child Care including What It Means To Be A Household Employer
Marriage and Taxes

Speaker I Educator

Lisa Strauss Niser, E.A

https://www.lisaniser.com

Tax preparation and planning, financial planning and IRS representation for individuals, entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Tax Advisor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Prepared individual, trust, partnership, and S corporation tax returns for corporate executives, many of Fortune 500 companies, and other high net worth individuals.

Provided financial planning services, including estate, retirement and options planning, to corporate executives of Fortune 500 companies and other high net worth individuals.

Consulted with individuals and small businesses on how to utilize Quicken and Quick Books software to manage their books and financial affairs.

Worked with the developer of the firm’s financial planning software to continually enhance and improve its effectiveness.

Developed a financial planning template for use with the firm’s electronic file system that was rolled out firmwide.

Manager

Altschuler, Melvoin & Glasser LLP

Prepared individual, trust, partnership, and S corporation tax returns for high net worth families.

Assisted with tax planning strategies, including creation of family limited partnerships and family foundations.

Prepared semi-annual financial summary showing asset allocation, rate of return and net worth information by account and by investment manager for a family with 16 separate entities.

Provided assistance with financial transactions on a regular basis as primary contact for a family worth over $80 million.

Tax Senior

How would it feel be financially well? To understand enough about taxes and finances that you feel in control of your finances, know the questions to ask, and can make informed decisions that work for you and your goals?

I am here to help you achieve that!

My approach to taxes is to take time to listen to you, ask you questions and help you understand how things work in a way that makes money feel manageable. Whether you are an individual, a small business owner, or the education/employee engagement manager for an organization, I can help you learn what you need to know so you and your team can ask good questions and make decisions that fit your priorities and move you towards meeting and maintaining your goals.
 
My background comes from working at E&Y and PwC and having exposure to big firm accounting and to different ways of working with both individuals and organizations.  Through my experiences, I saw first-hand the value that individualized, judgment-free support provides.
 
I combine this background and my focus to provide realistic, simple advice since the day I started my practice in 2003. I take on a limited client load so I can provide support throughout the year to answer questions and help my clients become comfortable with and confident about taxes and money.
 
In fact, many clients hire me to support them on a consulting basis and refer to me as their “advisor on speed dial.”
 
One of my favorite ways to provide value is to help organizations empower their employees by providing financial wellness benefits.  This includes providing interactive workshops woven with real life scenarios and fun, I help teams understand that money can be a source of power in addition to sometimes being a source of stress.  And since learning about money is a great equalizer, my programs benefit both the employees and the company! 
 
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Lisa Niser

Writing Law Tutors LLC

🔷 For individual attorneys & law firms:

-Conduct 1:1 legal-writing instruction for practicing attorneys to improve the clarity, conciseness, readability, and persuasiveness of their legal and other professional writing. 
-Devise lesson plans to teach fundamental writing skills based on review of past writing samples. 
-Prepare suggestions and feedback to improve current writing projects, including briefs, memos, business letters, and thought-leadership/marketing publications. 
-Publish LinkedIn columns to provide legal-writing tips under #DearLegalWriter.

🔷 For law students:  

Provide law-school academic, career, and legal writing coaching for law students. Services include: (1) 1:1 coaching; (2) resume & cover-letter reviews; (3) detailed suggestions on legal writing samples for submission with job applications; (4) interview preparation; (5) career counseling; (6) LinkedIn profile reviews & networking support.  Publish content for law students in 💌 Dear 1L column under #Dear1L.

Founder | Legal Writing Coach & Trainer

Legal Writing Coach | Law School Tutor & Career Consultant

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Conduct mock interviews for law students preparing for law-firm, on-campus job interviews (OCI).  Review law-student resumes and writing samples in advance of submission for OCI and judicial clerkships.

Career Consultant

Reed Smith LLP

Counsel

Proskauer Rose LLP

Special Employment Law Counsel

The Hershey Company

Senior Counsel

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Senior Associate

Associate

Goodwin Procter LLP

Summer Associate

Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP

Paralegal

The Princeton Review

Course Instructor

Legal Writing Coach | Teacher | Writer | Creator, Dear 1L® & Dear Legal Writer | Former BigLaw Litigator (L&E) | Law-Mom

Hi. I’m Amanda. I work with lawyers who want to improve their legal writing—whether that’s drafting more persuasive briefs, sending clearer emails to clients, writing thought-leadership articles, or just saving time on revisions. 

I also have a broader mission: to improve how lawyers and law students learn legal writing. We need more up-front teaching and less after-the-fact criticizing. Most of the time an associate makes a mistake, it’s because no one ever taught them otherwise. I aim to fill that gap.

I am a teacher at my core, and I adore nurturing both new and not-so-new legal writers. I’d love to help you make legal writing a superpower that propels your career forward the way it did mine.

Before doing what I do now, I spent 20 years as a BigLaw litigator writing for demanding partners in high-stakes, complex, motion-heavy litigation. I did briefs, blogs, letters, client alerts, long-form articles, appeals, and everything in between. I also served as co-editor for two law department blogs and supervised associates in their drafting work. In the process, I got trained by some of the best legal writers in the business.

In 2021, I branched out on my own & formed Writing Law Tutors LLC. Since then, my focus has been on improving the legal writing experience of lawyers & law students everywhere. 

📕 To that end, I have an Amazon best-seller, “Dear 1L: Notes to Nurture a New Legal Writer.” I recommend it for all as the best place to start!

▪️ For litigators: I provide the tools, training, feedback you need to become a confident legal writer. Let me be a “Secret Senior Counsel” who helps you improve your drafts before you turn them in. That will mean less red ink and a lot better reviews.

▪️ For law students: You know me from my Dear 1L letters and my book. I bring the same passion to my coaching sessions. I’d love to help you on your journey to becoming a super-powered legal writer. 

▪️ For pre-law students: Work with me on your law school personal statement and prepare for law school writing the summer before you start. 

⚓️  My anchor is my family. I am a mother of three girls who are in their 20s. I am fortunate to have an amazing husband, Matt, a managing partner at Kleinbard in Philadelphia, who helps support my journey. 

CONTACT:  You can best reach me through Dear1L.com, or by email at Amanda@Dear1L.com. 

I will be psyched to hear from you!

💌 Amanda

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