Leonor Pereira is an insurance defense attorney at Samuelsen, Gonzalez, Valenzuela & Brown, LLP. Her areas of expertise include both plaintiff and defense workers’ compensation claims, discrimination actions, and willful violations. She was president of the Latina Lawyers Political Action Committee and vice mentoring chair of the National Women’s Political Caucus (metro chapter). Currently, she serves as the treasurer for the Mexican American Bar Association (MABA). Pereira has a juris doctor degree from Southwestern University School of Law.