Atty. Gillian N. Brown
Gillian Brown, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, litigates in a variety of matters on behalf of the firm’s clients in federal district courts, bankruptcy courts, and state courts. Since 2004, Gillian has represented sexual abuse survivors nationwide in bankruptcy cases involving the Roman Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts of America, and a Boys and Girls Club.
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Gillian N. Brown is an Attorney based in Los Angeles, California, practicing at Pachulski Stang Ziehl And Jones Llp. They have 27+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1999. Their practice focuses on business and litigation. Admitted to practice in California (Inactive) (1999), Washington, D.C (2008), New York (2010), and Texas (2018). Educated at University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1994) and Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley J.D. 1999 Phi Beta Kappa Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley J.D. Alumni Scholar (—). Serands clients in Los Angeles, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Gillian Brown, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, litigates in a variety of matters on behalf of the firm’s clients in federal district courts, bankruptcy courts, and state courts
- Since 2004, Gillian has represented sexual abuse survivors nationwide in bankruptcy cases involving the Roman Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts of America, and a Boys and Girls Club
- For two years, Gillian taught political science and legal ethics courses at the South Puget Sound Community College
- Gillian was named a “Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star” every year from 2004 to 2008
- designated a “Southern California Super Lawyer” in 2015, 2016, and 2018 to 2020
- and recognized in the 2023 and 2024 editions of Best Lawyers in America
- Gillian earned both her bachelor’s degree and her law degree from the University of California at Berkeley
- She is fluent in Italian
- Clerkships •Law clerk, Judge William M. Hoeveler (S.D
- Fla. 1999-2000) Publications •E-Discovery Issues Business Credit, October 2008 News PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch August 15, 2024 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 17, 2023 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 18, 2022 Twenty-One PSZJ Attorneys Named 2020 Southern California “Super Lawyers” January 15, 2020 Twenty-One PSZJ Attorneys Named 2019 Southern California “Super Lawyers” January 30, 2019 Twenty PSZJ Attorneys Named 2018 Southern California “Super Lawyers” January 31, 2018 Pachulski Stang Confirms Major Wins in Archdiocese of Milwaukee Sex Abuse Case March 9, 2015 Federal Religious Freedom Act Not Valid Defense to Bankruptcy Avoiding Actions January 1, 2013 Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Emerges From Chapter 11, Sizable Trust Funded for Abuse Survivors September 1, 2011 Court Approves Wilmington Diocese Plan July 29, 2011 Pachulski Stang Selected to Represent Creditors in Christian Brothers Chapter 11 Cases May 1, 2011 Committee of Abuse Survivors Reaches Settlement in Society of Jesus Chapter 11 Case March 25, 2011 Bankruptcy Court Rules Large Investment Pool Is Property of Wilmington Diocese Chapter 11 Estate June 1, 2010 Pachulski Stang Selected as Committee Counsel in Jesuit Chapter 11 March 1, 2009 Two 'Southern California Rising Stars' at Pachulski Los Angeles MagazineJuly 1, 2008 Bankruptcy Judge Rules on Ownership of Property in Catholic Diocese Bankruptcy Case September 9, 2005 Events Not Your Typical Bankruptcy Case: Reorganizing Under Chapter 11 to Pay Sexual Abuse Claims CACB Summer 2022 Extern and Law Clerk Bankruptcy Educational Program Series July 12, 2022 Ethics Conversation With Professor Nancy B. Rapoport Los Angeles Federal Bar Association 11th Annual Bankruptcy Ethics Symposium Los Angeles, November 21, 2014 Business Bankruptcy: Chapter 11 Essentials A practical skills and strategies program covering what you need to know and how to avoid the traps Los Angeles, September 18, 2014 Tenth Annual Bankruptcy Ethics Symposium Los Angeles Federal Bar Association Los Angeles, December 13, 2013
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Practicing law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Los Angeles are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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