Elizabeth Merrill "Lisa" Brown (born March 6, 1960) is an American lawyer who is the current General Counsel of the United States Department of Education.

[2] Prior to joining the Obama Transition Team, she served as Executive Director of the American Constitution Society,[3] a progressive legal organization.

After President Obama's 2011 State of the Union Address, Brown joined the Office of Management and Budget to assist the ambitious effort to draft a government reorganization proposal.

She then clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit for Judge John Cooper Godbold in Montgomery, Alabama, and she held a one-year fellowship as a Staff Attorney at the Center for Law in the Public Interest in Los Angeles, California.

[7] Brown joined the American Constitution Society (ACS) in 2002, coming from Relman & Associates, a Washington, D.C., civil rights firm.