Raleigh Cavero is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, First Amendment and Free Expression, and Litigation practice groups.
Raleigh received her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2022, where she served as a Forum editor for the Yale Law Journal, an Online Editor for the Yale Journal on Regulation, an intern for the federal prosecutor in the District of Connecticut, and an extern for the Honorable Duane Benton of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to law school, she earned a Masters in Philosophy with Distinction from the University of Cambridge in American History. Her thesis won the 2017 Best Postgraduate Paper Prize at the Historians of the 20th Century United States conference and the Trinity Hall Bateman Scholarship for academic performance. Raleigh also holds a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in History from Yale College. There, she was a Yale Journalism Scholar and co-founded, anchored, and produced YTV at the Yale Daily News. Her on-air and written reporting has appeared on NBCNews.com and Vice News. Other writing experience includes speechwriting for Yale President Peter Salovey and research assistance for former-New York Times journalist Sam Tannehaus’s new biography of William F. Buckley.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Raleigh clerked for the Honorable Kevin C. Newsom on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Honorable Trevor N. McFadden on the District Court for the District of Columbia
Raleigh is a member of the bar of Washington, D.C. She is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Capabilities
- Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- First Amendment and Free Expression
- Litigation
Credentials
Education:
- Yale University - 2022 Juris Doctor
- University of Cambridge - 2017 Master of Philosophy
- Yale University - 2015 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- District of Columbia Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, District of Columbia, Hon. Trevor N. McFadden, 2024 - 2025
- US Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, Hon. Kevin C. Newsom, 2022 - 2023