Morgan A. Carter is an associate attorney in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Morgan earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2024, where she was a Forum editor of the Columbia Law Review and placed first in the regional Frederick Douglass Moot Court competition. While at Columbia, Morgan worked as a student attorney for the Columbia Community Advocacy Lab and served as chair of the Community Engagement committee for the Paralegal Pathways Initiative.

Morgan received a Bachelor of Arts in 2019 from the University of Denver, where she was a Boettcher Scholar. She double majored in International Studies and Media Studies.

Morgan is admitted to practice in New York.

Benjamin Spock is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Ben received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2024 from the Fordham University Law School where he served as an Associate Editor of the Fordham Law Review. Ben graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

Ben is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

Luke Wearden is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn, where he currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Luke received his law degree in 2023 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. During law school, he was a member of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and the Moot Court team, as well as an editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology. Following law school, Luke served as a law clerk to the Honorable Peter J. Phipps of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Luke is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Amanda P. Goetz is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Amanda received her Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law, where she earned several academic awards and scholarships. While in law school, Amanda was the President of the Business Law Association, a Research Assistant, and a Teaching Assistant for numerous courses, including Business Strategy & Corporate Governance. Amanda graduated with High Honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, a minor in Applied Psychology, and a Technology Management Certificate from the College of Engineering.

Amanda is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Konstantinos Flogaitis is an English and New York qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Konstantinos advises on a wide range of corporate matters, including public and private M&A, private equity, joint ventures, and corporate reorganisations.

He received a law degree at the University of Cambridge and an LL.M. (with Distinction) at Georgetown University Law Center.

Sanzana Faroque is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Sanzana represents both public and private companies and financial sponsors in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, minority investments, restructurings, and other corporate transactions.

She earned her Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law, where she served on the Urban Law Journal and participated in the Securities Litigation Clinic. Sanzana received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Human Rights from Barnard College, where she was an Athena Scholar.

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

Katlin McKelvie is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair of the firm’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Care Practice Group. With over two decades of experience in food and drug law, including as Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Katlin advises clients on complex regulatory and policy issues associated with FDA regulation of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics.

As Deputy General Counsel at HHS, Katlin was responsible for advising senior HHS officials on FDA-related regulatory, enforcement, and litigation matters. Prior to joining HHS, she served as Deputy Health Policy Director and Senior FDA Counsel to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for Chair Patty Murray. As Committee staff, Katlin played a pivotal role in shaping multiple pieces of legislation the FDA is currently working to implement, most notably the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 (FDORA). Before her time in the Senate, Katlin spent 11 years at FDA, first as Regulatory Counsel in the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and then as Associate Chief Counsel for Drugs in the Office of the Chief Counsel.

Katlin received her undergraduate degree, cum laude, with honors from Davidson College, and her J.D., cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she was Executive Editor of The Georgetown Law Journal. She clerked for Judge Douglas P. Woodlock on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and then worked in private practice with a focus on food and drug law.

Katlin is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia.

Julian von Imhoff is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Munich office. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Julian focuses his practice on German and international commercial arbitration and complex litigation matters.

Handelsblatt / The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024/2025 have recognized Julian in their list “Ones to Watch” for Litigation.

Julian’s experience includes advising, among others*:

  • an international automobile manufacturer regarding the consequence management in connection with diesel emissions;
  • a German investment company on an enforcement of claims against a D&O insurer;
  • a European financial institution in various matters regarding economic and financial sanctions of the EU and the U.S.;
  • a multinational company in the shipping sector in an internal investigation concerning alleged corruption and accounting irregularities;
  • a financial institution regarding the consequence management in connection with so-called “cum/ex” transactions;
  • Mercedes-Benz in diesel-related litigation;
  • a European company in a complex post M&A dispute, including arbitration and several litigation proceedings;
  • a European company in ESG related questions;
  • several international companies in commercial disputes, including litigation proceedings and insolvency-related matters;
  • a European company regarding cartel damages claims, including litigation proceedings.

He studied law at the University of Munich, where he passed his first state examination in 2013. During his legal clerkship, Julian worked for different renowned international law firms in Munich, Hamburg and New York City. He passed his second state examination at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg in 2019. Julian has been admitted as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) since 2019.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he was an associate in the Corporate Governance practice of a renowned U.S. law firm in Munich.

In addition to his native German, Julian speaks English.

*Includes experiences prior to joining Gibson Dunn
 

Grace Feitshans is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices in the firm’s Transactional Department.

Grace earned her Juris Doctor in 2023 from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. While in law school, she served as a member of the Small Business Clinic and had concentrations in Business Law and Media, Entertainment, and Technology Law. Grace graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations – Global Business.

Grace is admitted to practice in the state of California.

Alexandra Eldredge is an English law qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn, and is a member of the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Groups.

Alexandra advises on a wide range of domestic and cross-border matters, including in relation to mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate reorganisations.

Susan Pelletier is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the Crisis Management, Administrative Law and Regulatory, Congressional Investigations, and Media, Entertainment, and Technology practice groups. Her practice focuses on representing and advising clients in matters that involve complex legal and reputational risks.

Susan has extensive experience representing clients in high profile matters involving constitutional and administrative law issues and advising clients facing significant public scrutiny. She most recently served as a Senior Counselor to the Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, where she advised the Attorney General and other senior Department leaders on a wide range of legal and public policy issues. Prior to serving in the government, she was a counsel in another Washington, D.C. law firm where she represented clients in all stages of government-facing, regulatory, and commercial litigation as well as in congressional and internal investigations. She has led briefing on numerous cases and presented argument before multiple federal courts of appeals.

Susan clerked for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and for Judge Merrick B. Garland and Judge Harry T. Edwards on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She earned her law degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she served on the Harvard Law Review. She graduated summa cum laude from New York University, where she studied media and journalism.

Nicolette Fata is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Nicolette represents private equity clients and their portfolio companies in connection with all aspects of their M&A activities and other corporate matters.

Nicolette received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 2019 from Seton Hall University School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as a Comments Editor on the Seton Hall Law Review. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Government and Italian, with a minor in Economics, from Georgetown University in 2016.

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

Kyle Ezring is an associate in the New York City office of Gibson Dunn. He is currently a member of the firm’s Transactional Department.

Kyle graduated magna cum laude from Fordham University School of Law, and was selected as a member of the Order of the Coif. At Fordham, he served as an editor on the Fordham Moot Court Board and was a member of the Fordham Urban Law Journal. He earned Bachelors of Arts degrees in History and Philosophy from Colgate University.

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

Amanda Estep is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices with the firm’s Transactional Department.

Amanda earned her law degree in 2020 from Columbia Law School, where she served as a member of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. She graduated in 2015 from University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor degree in Biopsychology.

She is admitted to practice law in the State of California.

Hayden Cameron is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. He advises a broad range of clients, with a particular focus on U.S. and U.K. private equity sponsors and fund managers, Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors and developers.

Hayden’s practice covers the full spectrum of real estate matters, with extensive experience advising on the establishment of complex cross-border investment platforms, joint ventures and co-investments—including preferred equity and convertible debt/equity arrangements.  He also regularly advises on direct and indirect acquisitions and disposals of large real estate assets and portfolios, development and forward funding projects, and real estate financings.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Hayden practised for over a decade at a Magic Circle law firm headquartered in London and was named a Rising Star for Real Estate at the IFLR Rising Star Awards EMEA in 2021.

Hayden is admitted as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand and is a registered foreign lawyer in England and Wales.

Hayden’s experience includes advising: *

  • Apollo Global Management on its joint venture with LeadCrest Capital Partners for the acquisition of a 49% stake in Les Mousquetaire’s Portuguese real estate arm, Alcapredial.
  • Wittington Investments Limited on the £4 billion sale of its European luxury retail group, including Selfridges, London.
  • A Middle Eastern sovereign investor on the acquisition of a 49% interest in Rocco Forte Hotels Group.
  • A Middle Eastern sovereign investor on the disposal of its 69% majority stake in the Liverpool One shopping centre.
  • A private equity sponsor on its acquisition of 50% of a joint venture holding 17 operating in NHS medical facilities across the UK.
  • A private equity sponsor on the establishment of a joint venture investment platform targeting €1 billion of affordable co-living assets across France, Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
  • Aman Group on the establishment of a joint venture to develop three islands in the Bahamas into an ultra-luxury hotel with branded residence.
  • A Middle Eastern sovereign investor on the establishment of a 50/50 joint venture with Henderson Park for the acquisition and subsequent redevelopment of The Westin Paris Vendôme, Paris.
  • A leading Property FinTech investment platform manager/operator on the establishment of an investment platform with KKR targetting SFR assets across the UK.
  • A Middle Eastern sovereign investor on numerous joint ventures and co-investments, including:
    • A convertible, preferred equity co-investment alongside Global Infrastructure Partners in Skyborn Renewables (a global offshore wind platform)
    • The establishment of a 50/50 joint venture investment platform and the associated asset management and investment advisory arrangements with MassMutual and Barings International for investment in logistics assets across France, Germany, the Nordics and the UK.
    • A joint venture with Ares Management Corporation for the establishment of a European real estate debt platform.
    • The establishment of a 50/50 joint venture with Metlife for the acquisition of a 95% stake in the commercial properties at 1765, 1775 and 1785 Greensboro Station Place, Tysons Corner, Virginia, USA.
    • A mezzanine financing (by way of Eurobond issuance) to Abu Dhabi Financial Group for the acquisition and subsequent redevelopment of New Scotland Yard, London.
    • A co-investment alongside Partners Group in EdgeCore Digital infrastructure.
  • A global real estate investor on the establishment of a co-investment platform with Qatari Diar, Delancey and APG for investment in the UK private-rented sector (PRS).
  • The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and a global financial institution on the acquisition of a 49.9% stake in a portfolio of three offices in Paris and the associated joint venture arrangements.
  • A global financial institution on the acquisition of 45 Pall Mall, London.
  • A global financial institution on the establishment of a 50/50 joint venture with Guardian Wealth Management for the acquisition of a property at Via Boncompagni 71, Rome.
  • Westbrook Partners on the acquisition of a portfolio of eighteen logistics properties throughout the UK.
  • A joint venture between CBRE Global Investors, Kings Street and Arax Properties on the acquisition, refurbishment refinancing, and pre-let of 280 Bishopsgate, London
  • Quadrant Estates on the establishment of a 95/5 joint venture and the associated development management arrangements with the Alberta Investment Management Corporation for the acquisition and development of Plot A, Nine Elms, London.

 

*Some of these representations occurred prior to Hayden’s association with Gibson Dunn.

Akila Bhargava is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, and focuses primarily on white collar defense and investigations.

Before joining the firm, Akila was a litigation associate at an international law firm and worked on a variety of white collar defense matters and complex civil litigation, including DOJ and FTC investigations, securities litigation, antitrust litigation, and commercial disputes.

She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2018, where she was Research Editor on the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and President of the South Asian Law Students Association. Akila also served as an Arthur Littleton and H. Clayton Louderback Legal Writing Fellow and a Penn Law Global Women’s Leadership Project Fellow. In 2015, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Vanderbilt University.

Akila is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.

Tommy McCormac is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and Labor & Employment Practice Group.

Tommy has represented clients in a wide range of employment litigation matters, including cases involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, and wage-and-hour violations.

He has particular experience in class and collective actions alleging misclassification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). For example, Tommy was part of a trial team that secured a complete defense verdict following a bench trial on behalf of a trucking company facing claims by 6,000+ participants in its training program who alleged they were employees owed minimum wage under the FLSA.

Before joining the firm, Tommy served as a law clerk to the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2017-2018), and the Honorable Gerald J. Pappert, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2016-2017).

Tommy graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2016, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. While at Penn, Tommy was a member of the Supreme Court Clinic, led by now–Judge Stephanos Bibas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. In 2013, Tommy graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where he majored in Economics and Political Science.

Tommy is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Siddharth Sharma is special counsel in the London office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Transportation Finance Group.

Siddharth earned his LLB and LLM degrees from King’s College London and is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales.

Siddharth acts for financiers, equity investors, leasing companies and operators across a range of international financing, leasing, sale, portfolio sales, M&A, capital markets and restructuring transactions involving aircraft, rolling stock, ships and other moveable equipment.

Siddharth co-authored the United Kingdom chapter in the Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide for Aviation Finance & Leasing.

Transactions on which Siddharth has acted include advising: *

  • Silverpoint Capital as an equitizing creditor in the Nordic Aviation Capital Chapter 11 proceedings.
  • Avolon on its acquisition of CIT’s commercial aircraft leasing business.
  • Chorus on its sale of Falko Regional Aircraft Limited and related assets to Cerberus.
  • Dubai Aerospace Enterprise on its acquisition of an aircraft portfolio and Boeing order book from China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited.
  • Fortress on its sale of Falko Regional Aircraft Limited and related assets to Chorus.
  • Investec and Shawbrook Bank on the purchase of Lombard’s offshore leasing business.
  • Oaktree on its sale of Abelo Capital to Cerberus.
  • SMBC Aviation Capital on its $6.7bn acquisition of Goshawk Management Limited.
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Limited on its acquisition of Macquarie Rotorcraft Limited from Macquarie Asset Management.
  • Abelo Capital on it’s on its $230m secured aircraft financing facility led by MUFG, Deutsche Bank and Societé Générale.
  • BNP Paribas and CACIB on the $300m warehouse financing for Bleriot Aviation Funding DAC.
  • Centrebridge on its proposed financing for Virgin Atlantic Airways.
  • Citi and MUFG on $2bn revolving credit facility for International Airlines Group.
  • Deutsche Bank, CACIB and Societé Générale on an aircraft secured warehouse financing for Airborne.
  • JP Morgan on the LHR slot security aspects on a secured financing for Air Canada.
  • TrueNoord on the restructuring of its aircraft secured financings with Citi and Nord LB.
  • Abelo Aviation Capital on its various aircraft purchase agreements with ATR.
  • Avolon on delivery delays and other issues under its aircraft purchase agreement with Airbus.
  • SMBC Capital on delivery delays and other issues under its aircraft purchase agreement with Airbus.
  • TUI Group on its settlement with Boeing with respect to the 737 MAX grounding.
  • AerCap on an engine leasing structure with Pratt & Whitney for a portfolio of 90 aircraft engines.
  • Avolon on its sale of aircraft assets to various counterparties and leasing of aircraft to various airlines.
  • Banc of America, Investec and BBAM on various JOLCO aircraft transactions.
  • SMBC Aviation on its sale of aircraft assets to various counterparties and leasing of aircraft to various airlines.
  • TrueNoord on acquisition of aircraft portfolios and related financing arrangements.
  • TUI on various sale and leaseback transactions for Boeing aircraft with Doric, ITOCHU, Chishima, NBB and SBI and on the novations for various aircraft leases.
  • WealthCap on the sale of various Airbus aircraft on lease to Singapore Airlines.
  • Wilmington Trust as agent and security trustee under various secured aircraft financings..

 

*Some of these representations occurred prior to Siddharth’s association with Gibson Dunn.

Ahin Lee is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the Firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of its Antitrust and Competition and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups.

Ahin received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New York University School of Law where she was the recipient of the Review of Law and Social Change Stewardship Award. While in law school, Ahin served as the Managing Editor of the Review of Law and Social Change and was a Human Rights Scholar at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. She also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Cathy Bissoon of the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Ahin graduated summa cum laude from Seoul National University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations in 2019.

She is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Katherine Marquart is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office and is the Firm’s Pro Bono Chair.  In this role, Ms. Marquart manages and coordinates the Firm’s pro bono efforts globally, which have totaled more than 1.5 million hours valued at more than $1 billion under her leadership.  She also maintains an active practice in areas including criminal justice, civil rights, constitutional law, and immigration.  Ms. Marquart previously spent seven years as a litigation associate at the Firm, where her practice focused on complex business litigation, transnational litigation, and internal investigations and regulatory inquiries.

Since taking the helm of Gibson Dunn’s pro bono practice in 2013, Ms. Marquart has played an integral role in many of the Firm’s most significant pro bono engagements.  In addition to personally representing clients in a variety of litigation matters—including lawsuits focused on civil rights, immigration, and the First Amendment—Ms. Marquart has spearheaded the Firm’s efforts to respond to some of the most pressing issues of the day.  In this role, she liaises with corporate clients and nonprofit community partners to collaborate on pro bono matters, including facilitating and overseeing numerous partnerships in the areas of criminal justice, racial justice, and immigration, among other sectors of public interest law.

Recent representative matters include:

  • Abuse of Material Witness Statutes:  Representing a young woman who was wrongfully incarcerated under Louisiana’s material witness statute—despite being accused of no wrongdoing and agreeing to testify voluntarily regarding the crime she witnessed—in lawsuit arguing prosecutors violated her Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
  • Justice for Women and Girls:  Launched a new initiative bringing together attorneys from across the Firm to advance justice and equity for women and girls through (1) educational equity; (2) access to healthcare; (3) legal and social equity; (4) economic empowerment; and (5) prevention of violence against women.
  • Jones v. City of Los Angeles:  Co-lead counsel in Deon Jones v. City of Los Angeles (C.D. Cal.), a historic civil rights victory over an LAPD officer who shot Mr. Jones in the face while he was peacefully protesting in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder.  After a 7-day trial, a federal jury determined that the officer had violated Mr. Jones’ Fourth Amendment rights and awarded Mr. Jones $375,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.  The City of Los Angeles ultimately settled Mr. Jones’ civil rights claims for $860,000.
  • U.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 DACA program, resulting in the Supreme Court decision holding that DHS’s decision to terminate DACA is subject to judicial review and violated the Administrative Procedures Act.
  • Ramirez-Medina v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Security (9th Cir.): Represented “Dreamer” in appeal challenging the denial of his DACA renewal application and secured a preliminary injunction requiring the government to maintain his DACA status.
  • IRAP v. Kelly: Represented Afghan family of five wrongfully detained and separated by Customs and Border Patrol in the wake of the 2017 Travel Ban, leading to the family’s admission as lawful permanent residents of the United States.
  • COVID-19 Response: Supervising and coordinating global pro bono efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout, including the Firm’s efforts to assist small businesses in navigating PPP/EIDL loans; leasing, contract, and employment issues; and corporate governance and bankruptcy matters.  Also spearheading efforts to represent medically at-risk immigrants in detention facilities across the country who are seeking to be released due to the increased risk inherent in the detention facilities during the pandemic.
  • Police Reform Task Force: Launched a new Police Reform Task Force, which builds on previous Firm efforts to identify best practices to reform policing and is now reexamining a variety of critical issues, including dismissal policies, police unions, transparency, and excessive militarization of police.
  • Family Reunification Efforts: Managed and supervised the Firm’s response to the U.S. family separation crisis, including representation of parents detained in Texas and separated from their children, assisting with a nationwide project to locate the parents of nearly 300 “lost” children, working with formerly separated families seeking asylum, and filing Federal Tort Claims Act claims on behalf of more than 20 formerly separated families seeking damages.
  • Travel Ban Response: Spearheaded an effort to deploy Gibson Dunn attorneys to airports around the U.S. to monitor incoming flights, observe the activities of relevant officials and government agencies, and work with legal partners to provide meaningful pro bono assistance to those in need—including working with corporate clients whose employees were directly impacted by the 2017 Travel Ban.

In 2024, Ms. Marquart received Human Rights First’s Marvin E. Frankel Award for Pro Bono Service, in recognition of her leadership in advocating for Afghan refugees in the United States.  Under Ms. Marquart’s leadership, Gibson Dunn is consistently recognized for its outstanding commitment to pro bono and significant pro bono victories.  Among other accolades, the Firm is a repeat recipient of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association Beacon of Justice Award and has received the 2023 Kids in Need of Defense Pro Bono Attorneys of the Year Award, the 2023 Sanctuary for Families Above & Beyond Pro Bono Achievement Award, the 2022 TrustLaw Powered by Pro Bono Award, the 2021 Giffords Law Center Pro Bono Partner Award, the 2021 Neighborhood Defender Service Corporate Social Responsibility Award, the 2020 Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Outstanding Achievement Award, the 2019 Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Publico Award, the 2018 Who’s Who Legal Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award, the 2018 Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition Impacting Justice Award, the 2017 Public Counsel Law Firm Pro Bono Award, and the 2017 Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network Pro Bono Service Award.

In 2010, Ms. Marquart was honored with Gibson Dunn’s Frank Wheat Award for her pro bono work on behalf of children with autism living in the East Los Angeles area.  In that matter, she spearheaded a class action lawsuit that resulted in over 2,000 children diagnosed with autism getting their state-funded treatment programs reinstated on a permanent and ongoing basis, after those services had been wrongfully terminated.  Ms. Marquart also received Public Counsel Law Center’s Volunteer of the Year Award in connection with the same case.

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