Ms. Waisman is engaged in general business litigation, specializing in complex insurance coverage cases. She has been national environmental coverage counsel for several large insurance companies, and has served as liaison counsel in multi-billion dollar insurance litigation cases. She has handled a wide array of insurance coverage litigation in both state and federal courts throughout the country, at the trial court and appellate levels. She has written several articles regarding insurance coverage law in professional journals, as well as annual updates for an environmental insurance coverage text.

Ms. Waisman also is actively involved in the development of animal law. She co-authored the first animal law casebook, now in its third edition (Animal Law: Cases and Materials, Carolina Academic Press 2006). She is an Adjunct Professor of Animal Law at Loyola Law School (L.A.); created and developed the first animal law course at California Western School of Law in San Diego; and has been a Visiting Law Professor at Vermont Law School. Ms. Waisman also lectures and speaks at conferences and has written several articles on the subject. She was Vice-Chair on the Board of Directors of the Animal Legal Defense Fund and works with that national non-profit organization and others in the development of a wide variety of issues related to animal law.

Ms. Waisman served as a judicial extern for the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District in 1990. She later served as a judge pro tem for the San Diego County Superior Court, Small Claims Division, from 1997 until June 2000.

Ms. Waisman received her B.S. degree in Medical Technology from Albany College of Pharmacy in 1982. She graduated magna cum laude, second in her class, from California Western School of Law in 1991. Ms. Waisman is a member of the American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section; the California Bar Association; and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Ms. Waisman began her practice in San Diego with Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, which later amalgamated into Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps. She joined Morrison & Foerster as Of Counsel in the Los Angeles office in June 2000 and became a partner in 2005.