In her professional life, Lisa is the owner of Lisa Ruble Murphy, LLC, a mediation firm specializing in family law mediation. Previously, Lisa served as a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in the Domestic Relations Division from December, 1994 to December, 2015 handling divorce and custody cases. Prior to joining the judiciary, Lisa served as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of the Committee on Finance of Chicago City Council, chaired by Alderman Edward M. Burke, from 1989-1994 and as a staff attorney from 1984-1987. During her years with the Committee on Finance, Lisa was responsible for drafting legislation, operations of the Committee and redistricting. Lisa also worked as an attorney with the law firm of Altheimer & Gray from 1987-1989 concentrating in government, zoning and real estate law.

During the past twenty years, Lisa has been involved in several not-for- profit organizations. For over 13 years, Lisa was very involved in the Frances Xavier Warde School, an independent Catholic elementary school in downtown Chicago. Lisa served on the FXW Parent Group Advisory Board, the FXW Board of Trustees and The Children At The Crossroads Foundation Board. During her tenure as Chair of the FXW Board of Trustees, Lisa led the FXW community through its first strategic planning process and implementing a new governance model. In addition to her work with FXW, Lisa also served as a member of the board of trustees of The Hope Institute Foundation.

Lisa graduated from Smith College in 1980 with a bachelor of arts in government. Lisa graduated, with honors, from Chicago Kent College of Law in 1984. Lisa lives on the Near West Side of Chicago and has two sons, Morgan and Brendan. Lisa enjoys golf, cooking, entertaining and travel.