Ms. Wright has also represented a variety of clients in intellectual property, products liability, and general commercial litigation matters.
Ms. Wright joined Gibson Dunn & Crutcher after serving as an Assistant District Attorney in the Fulton County District Attorney's Office in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was a member of the Community Prosecution Unit. As an Assistant District Attorney, Ms. Wright gained significant trial and courtroom experience prosecuting felony offenses including numerous high profile and repeat offender cases involving underprivileged communities in southeast Atlanta. She also worked directly with community organizations, political representatives, and the police to develop programs aimed at preventing and reducing crime.
Prior to her service as an Assistant District Attorney, Ms. Wright was an associate at Alston & Bird in Atlanta, Georgia for several years. She clerked for the Honorable Orinda D. Evans, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia from 2001 to 2002.
Ms. Wright graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law where she was a winner of the William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition and served as Managing Editor, Research and Projects, for the Virginia Journal of International Law. She received her A.B. in Classics, magna cum laude, from Princeton University.
Ms. Wright currently serves as the Co-Chair for Gibson Dunn’s Bay Area Diversity Committee.
Ms. Wright is admitted to practice in the states of California and Georgia. She is also admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Northern District of California and the Northern District of Georgia.
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