Katherine Marquart is Gibson Dunn’s Pro Bono Counsel & Director.  In this role, Ms. Marquart manages and coordinates the Firm’s pro bono efforts around the globe.  She also maintains a substantive practice in many areas of public interest law.  Prior to her assumption of the Pro Bono Counsel & Director position, Ms. Marquart spent seven years as a litigation associate at the firm.   Her practice focused on complex business litigation, transnational litigation, and internal investigations and regulatory inquiries.

Recent representative matters include:

• Buchanan v. Trump: Represents several individual plaintiffs in a litigation challenging the Administration’s use of force to clear peaceful protestors out of Lafayette Square
• S. Dep’t of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California: Successfully represented “Dreamers” in litigation challenging the government’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program
• Ramirez-Medina v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Security (9th Cir.): Represent “Dreamer” in appeal challenging the denial of his DACA renewal application
• IRAP v. Kelly: Represented Afghani family of five wrongfully detained and separated by Customs and Border Patrol in wake of 2017 Travel Ban.

Ms. Marquart is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and the States of California and New York.