Partner, Sidley Austin

Gilford represents well-known clients in their most challenging and significant legal disputes such as class actions, product liability matters, and crisis litigation. She is currently serving as lead counsel for a women’s health care company in a wrongful death matter pending in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Her reputation has earned multiple accolades, including the Business Journal’s Minority Leaders of Influence list last year and this year. Gilford serves on Sidley’s Diversity Committee for its greater Los Angeles offices. She has a JD from USC’s Gould School of Law and an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center.

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