Katie Marquart is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office and is the Firm’s Pro Bono Chair. 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 pro bono matters, Ms. Marquart has spearheaded the Firm’s efforts to promote access to justice and equality under the law. Most recently, Ms. Marquart served as 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. 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.
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. 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.
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Credentials
Education:
- Georgetown University - 2006 Juris Doctor
- University of California, Los Angeles - 2003 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar
- District of Columbia Bar
- New York Bar