Since 2000, Elisa Fernandez has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California., Criminal Division. As a federal prosecutor, Ms. Fernandez handles complex white collar crime and public corruption cases, as well as cases involving governmetn fraud, money laundering and violation of civil rights. Ms. Fernandez trains foreign prosecutors and investigators regarding evidence and trial advocacy. Ms. Fernandez also serves as an adjunct professor of law at Southwestern Law School where she teaches white collar crime. Prior to 2000, Ms. Fernandez was a litigation associate at Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges. Ms. Fernandez first practiced law as an attorney for the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund where she litigated in the areas of education and civil rights. Ms. Fernandez served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Richard A. Paez, then of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and the Honorable Harry Pregerson of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Fernandez received her J.D. from Boalt Hall SChool of Law in 1994 and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1988.
Elisa Fernandez
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