Mairead Ahlbach focuses her practice on complex litigation matters. She joined the firm in 2024 as a summer associate. 

While in law school, Mairead was a student-attorney in USC’s International Human Rights Clinic, where she worked on advocacy for victims of crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court. She also served as a law clerk in the civil division of the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, and was a quarterfinalist in USC’s 2023–2024 Moot Court program. Prior to law school, Ms. Ahlbach worked at the Judicial Council of California, where she helped courts implement pretrial release programs and conducted research on bail, risk assessment tools, and racial disparities in the justice system.

Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2025

      Order of the Coif

      Gould Public Interest Scholar 

    • BA, Political Science, International Development Studies, minor in Spanish, University of California, Los Angeles, 2019

      summa cum laude
  • Admissions

    • California

Credentials

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