Ms. Hernandez  being sworn in by Justice Gonzalez of the Washington State Supreme Court .

Ms. Hernandez being sworn in by Justice Gonzalez of the Washington State Supreme Court .

Preg, O’Donnell & Gillett is pleased to announce that Luisa Hernandez has joined the firm as an Associate in the firm’s Seattle office.  Ms. Hernandez’s practice will focus on a broad range of civil matters including insurance defense, employment, personal injury and school law.

Prior to joining Preg O’Donnell & Gillett as an associate, Ms. Hernandez was a law clerk for the firm and also worked at King County Prosecuting Attorney’s office providing trial support.  She spent her last semester of law school working for Justice Gonzalez at the Washington Supreme Court, which culminated with oral arguments in front of the Court.

Ms. Hernandez earned her Juris Doctor from Seattle University School of Law in 2019 where she was the lead Editor of the Seattle Journal of Environmental Law.  Prior to law school, she attended University of California Riverside, where she received a Bachelor of Arts, History/Law and Society in 2016.

Ms. Hernandez brings to the firm an international perspective and she will make an excellent addition to the firm’s experienced staff of litigation attorneys.