{"id":46928,"date":"2019-01-09T16:55:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T22:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=46928"},"modified":"2019-01-11T16:52:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T22:52:17","slug":"counselor-writer-lisa-brener-64-sucumbs-to-brain-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/counselor-writer-lisa-brener-64-sucumbs-to-brain-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Counselor, writer Lisa Brener, 64, sucumbs to brain cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LISA BRENER a pioneering attorney and talented writer, passed away peacefully on January 7, 2019, in her home surrounded by her family and friends. She was 64.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46930\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Brener-Lisa.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46930\" class=\"wp-image-46930 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Brener-Lisa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Brener-Lisa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Brener-Lisa-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Brener-Lisa-144x144.jpg 144w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46930\" class=\"wp-image-46930 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Brener-Lisa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Brener-Lisa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Brener-Lisa-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Brener-Lisa-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-46930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LISA BRENER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A native of New Orleans,&nbsp; Brener had a passion for civil rights, discrimination, and harassment litigation and fought fervently for her clients, many of whom considered her a hero. She graduated from Louisiana State University School of Law and was a member of the Order of the Coif in 1983. She&nbsp; went on to receive a LLM degree from Tulane University in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>She clerked for United States District Judge Morey Sear, in the Eastern District of Louisiana prior to founding her own law firm, Brener &amp; Kraus, on Magazine Street. As a writer, she has put the finishing touches on her memoir &#8220;Beauty Laid Bare&#8221; this past July, while gracefully battling brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Brener was one of ten writers in the country accepted into Iowa\u2019s prestigious Memoir Workshop on the basis of an early draft of her manuscript. She was also a member of several local reading and writing groups and had a love for art, theater, philosophy, and giving back to the community of New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>Brener was a member of Temple Sinai, was a Star Ambassador for Volunteers of America, and formerly served on the board of the Battered Women\u2019s Shelter of New Orleans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by father, Milton Brener (Eileen); her two children, Chelsea Cusimano and Max Cusimano (Samantha); her siblings Matthew, Neil and Ann Brenner and a granddaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Relatives and friends&nbsp; celebrated her life on Friday, January 11, 2019, at Temple Sinai at 6227 St. Charles Avenue. Emeritus Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn and Cantor&nbsp; officiated. Burial followed at Hebrew Rest at 4100 Frenchmen Street, corner Pelopidas Street.<\/p>\n<p>Donations may be made in her name to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kelseysgoal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelsey Bradley Favrot Memorial Foundation, the Brain Tumor Initiative at LSU<\/a>, in Lisa Brener\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements were by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoenfh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacob Schoen &amp; Son Funeral Home.<\/a> For more information<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Counselor%2C%20writer%20Lisa%20Brener%2C%2064%2C%20sucumbs%20to%20brain%20cancer\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[8790,8795,9815,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46928"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46983,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46928\/revisions\/46983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}