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Jessica Gabel

Professor Gabel teaches courses on Bankruptcy; Contracts; Forensic Evidence; and Forensic Medicine. Her research focuses on fraud and ethics in multiple fields: law, science, business, politics, pop culture and other current events topics.

She received her JD magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law and her bachelor of science, summa cum laude, from the University of Central Florida. While in law school, Professor Gabel co-founded and served as the executive director for the Wrongful Convictions Project, which assisted defendants with claims of actual innocence. The Project continues its work in Florida.

Prior to joining Georgia State University College of Law, she clerked for the Honorable Peter T. Fay, Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She then practiced law with Covington & Burling LLP in San Francisco, California, focusing on bankruptcy and white collar criminal defense. While at Covington, Professor Gabel represented companies and their executives in investigations launched by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. She also represented creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. She also taught classes at the University of California Hastings School of the Law.

Professor Gabel has given international and national presentations on various issues in business law, bankruptcy, trial strategy, criminal law, and forensic science. She has written on a wide-range of topics, among them: bankruptcy fraud, lender liability, legal ethics, the validity of forensic evidence, genetic testing, forensic DNA identification, trial and jury tactics, and bioethics.

Professor Gabel is also a frequent contributor of opinion pieces for various publications. In addition to being the author of a treatise titled The Law of Lender Liability, she is co-author of the Bankruptcy Appeals Manual, published by the American Bankruptcy Institute. She also serves as the publications co-chair for the ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee, and is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal editorial board. In 2009, she received the American Bar Association's Kathryn R. Heidt Memorial Award for her service, scholarship and practice, and in 2010 received a publication award from the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Professor Gabel consults on various bankruptcy and criminal matters and has engaged in numerous pro bono criminal defense representations.  Recently, she successfully appealed a wrongful conviction and death sentence in Mississippi, resulting in her client's freedom.