Lizzy Brilliant is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and maintains an active pro bono practice that includes immigration, civil rights, and capital defense work.
Lizzy earned her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2021, where she served as a Publication Editor for California Law Review and Director of the 1L Written and Oral Advocacy Teaching Assistant Program. While in law school, Lizzy also served as Legal Director of the International Refugee Assistance Project and participated in the International Human Rights Law Clinic and Death Penalty Clinic. Lizzy earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Arabic from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Lizzy served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jane Richards Roth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Honorable Paul S. Diamond of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Lizzy is admitted to practice in courts of the State of New York, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Labor and Employment
- Securities Enforcement
- Securities Litigation
- Transnational Litigation
- Trials
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Credentials
Education:
- University of California - Berkeley - 2021 Juris Doctor
- University of Michigan - 2016 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Hon. Paul S. Diamond, 2023 - 2024
- US Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, Hon. Jane Richards Roth, 2022 - 2023