Gianna Zapata is an Associate in the firm’s Litigation Department and is based in the New Jersey office.

Gianna earned her B.A., magna cum laude, in History from Montclair State University, and her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. While in law school, Gianna served as a Staff Editor of the Cardozo Law Review (Volume 42), and was elected to be the Symposium Editor of the Cardozo Law Review (Volume 43).

Additionally, Gianna was a legal extern for the Employment Law Division of the New York City Law Department, and clinical student for the New York Innocence Project. Gianna was awarded the Federal Bar Council Cornelius W. Wickersham Award for earning the position of highest-ranking student in the field of Constitutional Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.