Mary Otoo

Mary Otoo is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and Labor & Employment Practice Group. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and employment disputes.

Mary represents clients in a broad range of matters, including partnership disputes, discrimination and equal pay claims, and internal and government investigations. She has experience across all stages of litigation, from early case assessment and client counseling through discovery, dispositive motions, and trial.

She has participated in multiple trial teams, including a recent federal trial victory on behalf of five South Florida hospitals, securing injunctive relief against a widely used hospital rating system that the court found to be deceptive and lacking a scientific basis.

Mary maintains an active pro bono practice focused on civil rights litigation. She is part of the team that secured a significant victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Manning v. City of Tulsa, a case arising from the fatal shooting of an unarmed individual. She also represents a family in a federal lawsuit against Tulsa Public Schools alleging constitutional and disability law violations following the assault of a student with disabilities by a school employee.

Mary received her Juris Doctor in 2022 from Columbia Law School, where she served as Executive Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in History, with honors, from the University of Chicago in 2017.

She is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Capabilities

• Labor and Employment
• Appellate and Constitutional Law
• Class Actions
• Media, Entertainment, and Technology

Credentials

Education:

• Columbia University - 2022 Juris Doctor
• University of Chicago - 2017 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• New York Bar