Rissa A. Stuart is a partner with the firm. She has extensive experience in state and federal court litigation, as well as appellate court experience. She began her professional relationship with the firm in 1994.
Rissa received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1982, and received her Juris Doctor with high honors from San Joaquin College of Law in 1993. While attending law school, she was the Editor-in-Chief of the San Joaquin College of Law Agricultural Law Review. Rissa was also an extern to the Honorable William Stone, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeals, Fifth Appellate District, from 1993 to 1994.
Rissa is a member of the American Bar Association, California State Bar Association and the Kings County Bar Association. She is also very active in the Community. Rissa is a member of the Hanford Sunset Rotary, Hanford Chamber of Commerce, Lemoore Chamber of Commerce, Tulare-Kings Chapter of California Women For Agriculture and serves as an officer on the Kings County YMCA Board of Directors. Rissa is also an advisor in the local YMCA Youth and Government Program, serving local high school students, and was named Volunteer of the Year for the YMCA of Kings County in 2002.Education
J.D., San Joaquin College of Law
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles |