Liza is a shareholder in our Business Litigation Group. A dynamic trial attorney, Liza defends corporations in product liability, consumer, personal injury, and commercial matters. With nearly 20 years of courtroom experience, she has managed and tried litigation matters in a variety of disputes across the State of Michigan and the country, including in state and federal trial and appellate courts and arbitration proceedings.
Liza’s practice is diverse. She works with a publicly traded consumer product manufacturing company on litigation and discovery strategies, product liability matters, safety messaging, and sales documentation. She represents large insurance carriers in No-Fault coverage and litigation matters. Liza also represents a variety of small to mid-sized companies in various commercial and employment matters, including non-compete agreements, trade secrets, discrimination claims, insurance coverage, and franchise law. She is a speaker and author on these and other business law matters.
In her spare time, Liza spends time with her husband and two teenage boys and is involved with organizations that feed children here at home and abroad. Before becoming an attorney, Liza was an investigative reporter and news anchor and received an Emmy Award for her outstanding work.
Recent Articles
The ADA Interactive Process: Separating Urban Legend From What’s Real, State Bar of Michigan’s Labor and Employment Lawnotes, Summer 2025
Will the New Case Evaluation Rule Resurrect Offers of Judgment? Oakland County Bar Association Laches, January 2023
2021 Year in Review: Employment Law Roundup, Oakland County Bar Association Laches, February 2022
What’s Your (App) Status? PIP Coverage And Priority In The Ridesharing World, Journal of Insurance & Indemnity Law, October 2021
Don’t Plan to Fail: Why Preparing for a Corporate Representative Deposition Required Unique Attention, Oakland County Bar Association Laches, June/July 2020
Distinctions
rising star: 2009-2015, 2017
top lawyer: 2017-2018
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
•“Defending the Corporate Representative Deposition,” January 20, 2023, DRI Business Litigation Special Litigation Group
•“Returning to Work Post-Pandemic,” Webinar, June 17, 2020
•“When the Price of Convenience is Surveillance: Implications of the Driver Privacy Act of 2015,” October 18, 2018, DRI Annual Meeting Commercial Litigation Committee Business Meeting
•“Bringing Your Whole Self to Work: Diversity and Inclusion in Law Firms,” October 12, 2018, ABA Forum on Franchising Diversity Caucus Luncheon
•“Strategies for Defending Traumatic Brain Injury Claims,” June 21, 2018, Webinar
•“My Car Does What?”, June 2017, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel Annual Meeting
•“Cyber Security/Hacking Issues with Vehicles: Safety Concerns, Liability Issues,” April 2017, ABA TIPS Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicles
•“Nuts and Bolts of the Defend Trade Secrets Act,” February 2017, CLE International’s Defend Trade Secret Act Conference
•“Litigation 101: Debt Collection and Serving as an Expert Witness,” June 25, 2010, Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors
News / blog
Elizabeth Favaro Obtains Appellate Win for EV charging Company in Employment Discrimination Case
Oct 17, 2025 Elizabeth “Liza” Favaro, Firm News, News
Elizabeth Favaro obtains appellate win for EV charging company in employment discrimination case. A unanimous three-judge panel of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor of Rhombus Energy Solutions, Inc. on October 15,...
GMH Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2026
Sep 10, 2025 Adam Levitsky, Alexander Lebedinski, Anthony Chubb, Bruce W. Haffey, Courtney Q. Moore, David Occhiuto, Donald K. Warwick, Elizabeth “Liza” Favaro, Firm News, Geoffrey S. Wagner, George A. Contis, Jared Trust, John R. Fleming, Julius H. Giarmarco, Kara S. Ferrara, Katherine Ross, Keela Johnson, Kenneth B. Chapie, LeRoy H. Wulfmeier, III, Matthew S. Weaver, News, Paul A. Thursam, Ryan L. Perry, Samantha Faulkner, Thomas P. Cavanaugh, Timothy J. Mullins, Victoria S. Lehman, William H. Heritage, III, William H. Horton
GMH Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2026GMH is proud to announce that numerous attorneys from our Troy office have been recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America . These honors...
IN THE NICK OF TIME? MICHIGAN EARNED SICK TIME UPDATE
Feb 21, 2025 Elizabeth “Liza” Favaro, Firm News, News
As most firm clients are aware, Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act was set to go into effect today, February 21, 2024. We’ve received many questions about whether the legislature would step in and make changes to the law, which offers the most generous paid sick leave...
The Politics of Paid Medical Leave in Michigan: Time to Update Your Employment Handbooks!
Nov 22, 2024 Elizabeth “Liza” Favaro, Firm News, News
Michigan employers: If you haven’t updated your employment handbooks in the last year, now is the time! Not only do we have new paid leave requirements that go into effect in February of 2025, now is also a good time to review your employee classifications and...
