Ms. Jessica D. Gabel

Jessica D. Gabel is an associate professor of law at Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta, where she teaches courses on bankruptcy and scientific and forensic evidence. She is also di- rector of the Bankruptcy Assistance + Practice Program at GSU. Previously, she clerked for Hon. Peter T. Fay, Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Prof. Gabel consults on various criminal and bankruptcy matters, and has engaged in numerous pro bono criminal defense rep- resentations at the request of public defender offices. While practicing with Covington & Burling LLP in San Francisco, she taught evidence, forensic evidence and bankruptcy as an adjunct professor at the University of California Hastings School of Law. Prof. Gabel gives national and international presenta- tions on various issues in business law, bankruptcy, trial strategy, criminal law and forensic science, and she writes on a wide range of topics, including the validity of forensic evidence, DNA accuracy, trial and jury tactics, international human rights, bioethics, bankruptcy reform and international bankruptcy. She is the author of Law of Lender Liability and co-author of ABI's Bankruptcy Appeals Manual: Winning Your Bankruptcy Appeal, Second Edition. She serves as co-chair of leadership development for the ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee, and in 2009 the committee presented her with the Kathryn R. Heidt Memorial Award for continuing Heidt's legacy of scholarship, leadership and service in the American Bar Association. In 2014, she received the David J. Maleski Award for teaching excellence. Prof. Gabel received her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Central Florida. While in law school, she co-founded and served as the executive director for the Wrongful Convictions Project, which assists defendants with claims of actual innocence.