Ashley Gorski

Ashley Gorski is a senior staff attorney in the ACLU’s National Security Project, where she litigates and advocates on issues related to privacy and government surveillance, racial and religious discrimination, and the freedoms of speech and association. Her cases have included Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle v. Baltimore Police Department, a successful challenge to Baltimore’s mass aerial surveillance program, and Kariye v. Mayorkas, a challenge by Muslim Americans subjected to discriminatory religious questioning at the U.S. border. Gorski has provided expert testimony on U.S. surveillance law in international fora, and her writing is routinely featured in national media outlets. Prior to joining the ACLU, Gorski worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and served as a law clerk to the Hon. Jon O. Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Hon. Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.