Gayle Gutekunst

Gayle was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and holds a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University, and a J.D. from Fordham University. Her practice is devoted largely to criminal defense at both the federal and state levels, where she handles juvenile dispositions and adult trials, as well as appeals, writs and other post-conviction procedures. She has a BV peer review rating.

She is admitted to practice in the state of California, and is also a member of the following bars: the United States Supreme Court, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, and the U. S. District Court of Colorado.

She is a member of the California Public Defenders’ Association, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She is proficient in German, and has acquired basic language skills in French, Hungarian and Arabic.

If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.
~ Learned Hand