Ailisa Fletcher graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree
in both Political Science-International Politics and Latin American Studies. In 2004, Ms. Fletcher graduated with
a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School and has since been an active member in good standing with the
California State Bar.
Ms. Fletcher is an experienced public speaker and legal trainer thanks to her past employment as a Deputy District
Attorney, Deputy City Attorney, and an elections trainer for the county of Los Angeles.
Professional History
As a law student at Loyola Law School, Ms. Fletcher served as a legal intern with the Los Angeles District
Attorney’s Office, under the direction of John Lewin, DDA in the Cold Case Task Force. As a clerk, Ms. Fletcher
gained extensive knowledge on the investigation and prosecution of cold case murder assignments. She had the
rare opportunity to witness several aged, unsolved murder cases being investigated, resulting in murder defendants
finally being brought to trial and ultimately convicted.
Upon earning her J.D. from Loyola Law School and the successful passage of the California Bar examination, Ms.
Fletcher served as a Deputy District Attorney for the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office. Her primary
duties were to prosecute various misdemeanor and felony offenses within the county. Prior to departing the
District Attorney’s Office, Ms. Fletcher served as a Lead Prosecutor to the Domestic Violence Division of the
Family Protection Unit, whereupon she was solely assigned to prosecute all felony domestic violence cases that
occurred within the northern part of the county.
Ms. Fletcher next served as a Criminal Deputy City Attorney for the city of Anaheim, California. As a city
prosecutor, she was assigned to prosecute all misdemeanor offenses occurring within the Anaheim city limits.
Having served as a prosecutor, Ms. Fletcher is experienced in conducting the following criminal/legal procedures:
assessing police reports/intakes, filing appropriate misdemeanor and felony charges, managing misdemeanor and
felony pre-trial calendars and motions, negotiating plea bargains, conducting felony preliminary hearings, jury or
court trial preparations, litigating motions in limine, evidence suppression hearings, coram nobis petitions, and
preparing writs and appeals and respective oral arguments at the appellate level.
