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Education

  • University of California at Berkeley (B.A., with honors, 1994)
  • University of California at Berkeley (J.D. 1999)
  • Phi Beta Kappa; Alumni Scholar

Bar and Court Admissions

  • 1999, California
  • 2008, Washington, D.C.
  • 2010, New York
  • 2018, Texas (inactive)

Clerkships

  • Law clerk, Judge William M. Hoeveler (S.D. Fla. 1999-2000)

Gillian N. Brown

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Los Angeles
Tel: 310.277.6910

Gillian Brown, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, litigates in a variety of matters on behalf of the firm’s clients in federal district courts, bankruptcy courts, and state courts. Since 2004, Gillian has represented sexual abuse survivors nationwide in bankruptcy cases involving the Roman Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts of America, and a Boys and Girls Club. For two years, Gillian taught political science and legal ethics courses at the South Puget Sound Community College. Gillian was named a “Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star” every year from 2004 to 2008; designated a “Southern California Super Lawyer” in 2015, 2016, and 2018 to 2020; and recognized in the 2023 and 2024 editions of Best Lawyers in America. Gillian earned both her bachelor’s degree and her law degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She is fluent in Italian.

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Professional Affiliations

  • Adjunct professor, legal studies and political science, South Puget Sound Community College (online 2020-2022)
  • President, Beverly Hills Bar Foundation (2014-2015)
  • Board of directors, Beverly Hills Bar Foundation (2011-2014)
  • Board of directors, Boalt Hall Alumni Association (2010-2013)
  • Advisory board, Western Center on Law & Poverty (2007-2012)
  • Member, American Bar Association Electronic Discovery Working Group (2011-2014)
  • Member, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation

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