Gwyneth is an experienced trial lawyer who focuses her practice on criminal defense, commercial litigation, civil and constitutional rights, and student misconduct proceedings. Her extensive experience in investigations, negotiations, and trial enable her to fight for the best outcomes for her clients in complex and difficult situations. As a former public defender, she knows what it takes to represent someone when the stakes are high. She has represented clients accused of serious felonies, including allegations involving fraud, corruption, homicide, sexual assault, armed offenses, and other forms of misconduct. In her civil litigation practice, Gwyneth handles contentious business and commercial cases for both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court.
Before joining the firm, Gwyneth served as a staff attorney with the Orleans Public Defenders and was an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. She also clerked for the Honorable Brian A. Jackson in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Gwyneth received her undergraduate degree from Boston College and graduated, magna cum laude, from Rutgers School of Law – Newark.
Before law school, Gwyneth was a teachNola corps member, where she taught middle and high school in Orleans Parish public schools. She is from New Orleans and lives in the Lower Garden District with her husband and their three pitbull rescues.
〉 NOTABLE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Extensive experience representing clients in felony and misdemeanor matters in state and federal courts.
- Representing clients in lawsuits challenging violations of Constitutional rights, such as due process and equal protection, and violations of federal statutes.
- Member of team that successfully challenged the administrative transfer of youth who have been adjudicated delinquent and placed in the custody of the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission to adult prisons.
- Member of team that ultimately successfully exonerated a New York man with no prior criminal record who was wrongfully convicted of killing his mother in 1989, when he was just 16 years old.
- Representing clients in lawsuits challenging violations of Constitutional rights, such as due process and equal protection, and violations of federal statutes, such as Title IX
〉 HONORS AND RECOGNITION
- Order of the Coif
- Rutgers Law Review, Symposium Editor
- Eli Jarmel Prize for Proficiency in Public Interest
- Frank and Marilyn Askin Award for Clinical Excellence
〉 PAST EXPERIENCE
- Orleans Public Defenders, Staff Attorney, 2017 – 2019
- Georgetown University Law Center, E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow, 2015 – 2017
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, Law Clerk to the Honorable Brian A. Jackson, 2014 – 2015
〉 BAR ADMISSIONS
Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and all state and federal courts in Louisiana
Litigation Focus
- Criminal Defense
- Civil and Constitutional Rights
- Commercial Litigation
- Student Misconduct Proceedings
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, L.L.M., Advocacy, 2017
- Rutgers School of Law, J.D., 2014, magna cum laude
- Boston College B.A., English, 2007
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