Brent Gurney Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Justice, Law & Criminology
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Brent Gurney is a first-chair trial lawyer with over 30 years of significant jury trial and other court experience in challenging civil and criminal cases throughout the United States. He is currently a partner at the law firm of Wilmerhale in Washington D.C. Mr. Gurney's experience includes a wide variety of high-profile matters involving complex commercial disputes, intellectual property disputes, white collar criminal defense and government investigations into a wide variety of matters, including the False Claims Act, government contracts, health care fraud, conspiracy, wire and mail fraud. Mr. Gurney is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Member of its Complex Litigation Committee. He is regularly listed in Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation and White Collar Criminal Defense and in Washington DC Super Lawyers.
Mr. Gurney is regularly called upon to advise clients on a wide variety of sensitive matters that cut across diverse subject matters that do not involve the courtroom. For example, he represented the City of Baltimore, the City of Chicago, the government of Puerto Rico and their respective police departments in high-profile civil rights pattern and practice investigations by the US Department of Justice. He also served as counsel to the Working Group on Police Reform and Racial Justice of the US Conference of Mayors, which released a detailed blueprint for improving policing and promoting equal justice in America’s cities.
Mr. Gurney has taught at Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop and Introduction to Trial Advocacy Courses. In 2023 he taught a flagship Trial Advocacy Program in Poland alongside fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is co-author of a book on electronic evidence for the American College of Trial Lawyers that was published in early 2022 by Bloomberg. He maintains an active pro bono practice and is a member of the Board of Directors of Leveling the Playing Field, which provides children the opportunity to enjoy youth sports participation by donating used and excess sporting equipment to low-income communities.
Mr. Gurney previously served as Assistant US Attorney in the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland and was later appointed Deputy Chief for the Southern Division.
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