biography
Priscilla Hernandez is an associate attorney at King & Siegel LLP.
Ms. Hernandez joined King & Siegel after clerking for the Honorable Jesus G. Bernal on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Prior to clerking, Ms. Hernandez was a litigation associate at O’Melveny & Myers where she represented Fortune 500 companies in disputes involving tort, fraud, breach of contract, and white-collar issues.
Ms. Hernandez graduated from Stanford Law School where she served as the Stanford Law Association Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion, Vice President of Recruitment for Stanford Latinx Law Students Association, Pipeline Chair for First-Generation & Low-Income Professionals, Alumni Chair for Women of Color Collective, and Senior Editor for the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
Prior to law school, Priscilla worked as a legal assistant for the Central American Resource Center where she helped unaccompanied minors from Latin America obtain immigration relief. Priscilla also worked as a graduate fellow for the AmeriCorps JusticeCorps program where she assisted self-represented litigants with family law issues. Priscilla graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in International Relations and a double minor in Spanish, Psychology and Law.
In her free time, Priscilla enjoys spending time with her loved ones, learning about personal finance, dancing to cumbias, and strengthening her form in karate.