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U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Laurie S. Fulton

Laurie S. Fulton

Before being appointed U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Ms. Fulton was a Partner at Williams & Connolly LLP, where she had a national practice in complex civil litigation, internal investigations and white collar criminal defense. In 2004, she was named one of “Washington’s Top Lawyers” by the Washingtonian magazine.

Ms. Fulton has co-chaired the Criminal Litigation Committee of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association. She was appointed and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve on the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace from 2004 to 2008, and serves as Co-Chair of USIP’s International Advisory Council. She has been active in non-profits and community organizations such as Bright Beginnings, Inc., Girl Scouts Women’s Advisory Board, Alumni Admissions Interview Program at Georgetown Law School and the South Dakota Farmers Union Foundation. Prior to entering the field of law, Ms. Fulton worked on Capitol Hill and as Executive Director of Peace Links and Access, A Security Information Exchange.

Ms. Fulton holds a B.A. from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a J.D., magna cum laude from Georgetown University.

Read Ambassador Fulton's Statement to The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations here.

Four to six times a year, Ambassador Fulton will record short video messages where she talks about what has been going on at the embassy in the past quarter and the plans are for the coming quarter. You can watch the video message on the video messages page.

 
Video Messages

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