Marisa Schumacher

Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Marisa Schumacher is a legal secretary with more than 20 years of experience supporting a wide variety of legal fields. She supports three partners, including the partner-in-charge, and an associate at Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps’ Carmel Valley/Del Mar office.

Prior to her employment at Luce Forward, Schumacher was the office manager and a legal secretary with Vernis & Bowling of the Florida Keys in Islamorada, Fla. Before that, she worked as the office manager and a legal secretary with Pocaro & Pocaro in Summit, N.J.

Schumacher has participated in various activities to benefit such organizations as Being Alive, ElderHelp of San Diego, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Society, Autism Speaks and Father Joe’s Villages.

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