CAALA VEGAS 2019

Denisse Gastelum
Attorney at Law
Gastélum Law, APC


Denisse O. Gastélum is the founder and lead trial attorney at Gastélum Law, APC, where her practice focuses primarily on civil rights/police misconduct, specializing in police shootings and jail death cases. She previously worked as a defense attorney, where she specialized in public entity defense. This experience provides her with the unique ability to analyze a case from both a defense and plaintiff’s perspective. Ms. Gastélum is a Past President of the Mexican American Bar Association and the Latina Lawyers Bar Association. She is the current President of California La Raza Lawyers Association, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the ACLU of Southern California, the National Police Accountability Project, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Consumers Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, and the Consumer Attorneys of California. She received her B.A. at UCLA and her J.D. from Loyola Law School. Over the years, Denisse has been a speaker on various panels regarding the practice of law and career advice. In 2021, Denisse was recognized by the Hispanic National Bar Association as a Top Lawyers Under 40 Award recipient. In 2020, Denisse was recognized as being Top 40 Under 40 and Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers.

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