Gabrielle Pelura

Senior Associate

  • Gabrielle Pelura
  • Phone: +1 212 404 8706

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    22 Vanderbilt
    335 Madison Avenue, 23rd Floor
    New York, NY 10017-4669
    USA

Gabrielle Pelura is a senior associate in the New York office and a member of Duane Morris’s Trial Practice Group. Gabrielle practices in complex commercial, products liability, healthcare, and securities litigation, including matters involving contract disputes, business torts, products liability, employment disputes, and intellectual property disputes.

Gabrielle has broad experience representing financial institutions, corporations, investment advisors, and individuals in all stages of litigation brought in state, federal, and appellate courts, as well as in various arbitration forums. Additionally, they provide trademark portfolio advice and represent clients in resulting IP litigation, including copyright infringement and misappropriation cases.

Gabrielle also has an active pro bono practice, ranging from assistance in drafting agreements for businesses aimed at protecting IP rights, filing name change petitions, representing survivors of trafficking and domestic violence in different legal proceedings, and successfully briefing arguments for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.

Gabrielle is a 2020 graduate of William and Mary Law School, where they were a publishing member of the William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice. They graduated from Emory University, where they majored in Biology and Ethics as a member of the Varsity Soccer team.

Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Litigation

  • Financial Institution Litigation

  • Broker-Dealer Representation

  • Intellectual Property Litigation

  • Labor and Employment law

Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Education

  • College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., 2020
    - William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
  • Emory University, B.A., 2015

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Senior Associate, 2026-present
    - Associate, 2024-2025
  • Bressler, Amery & Ross PC
    - Associate, 2020-2024

Honors and Awards

  • 2021 New Jersey Professional Excellence Honoree, “Unsung Hero” for Pro Bono Commitment

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Professional Activities

  • Food and Drug Law Institute, Food and Drug Law Journal
    • Member of Food and Drug Law Journal Editorial Review Board
      • Volume 79, Number 1, 2024

Selected Publications