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LEONOR RIVERA FULLER
Leonor has been working as an attorney at Fuller & Fuller since 1991. She was awarded Juris Doctor, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Washington. Leonor has also studied in Spain at the University of Seville. Leonor previously taught Spanish and English as a second language at the University of Washington.

Over the course of her legal career, she has served as a criminal prosecutor and an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Seattle Law Department. She has argued cases in municipal, district, superior, and appellate courts. Leonor has tried close to 80 jury trials in criminal and civil cases, and has tried hundreds of criminal bench trials. Currently, Leonor devotes her time to helping people with personal injury and medical malpractice claims.

She is also actively involved in many professional and community organizations. Leonor has served as the Chair of the Women of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. She was also one of the original board members of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Foundation, an organization that supports and operates different programs of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Leonor was appointed by the Olympia City Council to serve on the Olympia Arts Commission, where she has served in the capacity of Chair of the Commission. Governor Locke then appointed her to the Board of Trustees of the South Puget Sound Community College, a five member board that establishes appropriate policies of governance and operation for the college.

She is a member of the Washington State Trial Lawyers, the Washington State Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in the United District Court (Western Washington) and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Leonor is married to Jay Fuller, another attorney in the firm. They have two sons. She is fluent in Spanish and Tagalog, the language of the Philippines. Her hobbies include photography, hiking, skiing, jogging, and other endeavors she enjoys with her active family.