Gabe Chess
202.888.1741 | 1400 16th St NW, Suite 225, Washington, DC 20036

Gabe Chess is an associate at the firm. Gabe clerked for Judge Toby Heytens of the Fourth Circuit and Judge Jia Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Between his clerkships, Gabe worked at the firm as a fellow. During law school, Gabe worked at Public Justice; the Promise of Justice Initiative, where he helped develop a litigation strategy to challenge forced labor in Louisiana’s prisons and jails; and the Neighborhood Defender Service of Detroit. He also worked on behalf of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people through a law school clinic, was a book review editor on the Michigan Law Review, and published a Note on the potential of bringing contract claims in response to the privatization of government services. Before law school Gabe worked with artists and musicians in Detroit.