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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