Charline K. Gipson is a co-founder of the Davillier Law Group, LLC, and a partner in the New Orleans office. Prior to coming on board, Ms. Gipson was a Corporate Associate at Proskauer Rose LLP in New York City and a Business Associate at Phelps Dunbar LLP in New Orleans. She first moved to New Orleans in 2004 to serve as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Ivan L.R. Lemelle in the Eastern District of Louisiana, United States District Court. Ms. Gipson has handled a wide array of corporate and commercial transactions including organizational restructuring, private and public finance, non-profit organization and federal tax exemption, real estate development, settlement and negotiation strategy, contracts, Form S-1 registration of an initial public offering, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters.
Ms. Gipson received a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Cornell University and has worked as a Management Consultant for Communication Processes and Organizational Change Management. She earned her Doctor of Law degree from Cornell Law School in 2003 with a concentration in Business Law and Regulation. While in law school, Ms. Gipson completed a semester exchange at L’Université Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne in France; served as an Editor for the Legal Information Institute-NY Bulletin, Cornell’s online law journal; and was the Regional Representative for the Black Law Students Association. She also received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Wrongful Convictions and served as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable John Rowley, Tompkins County Court, in Ithaca, New York.
Ms. Gipson is a member of the American Bar Association and the National Bar Association. She is a 2011 graduate of Justice Revius O. Ortique Leadership Institute and also participated in Young Leaders Council (YLC) 2007 Leadership Institute and CBNO/MAC Metropolitan Leadership Forum in 2006.
Ms. Gipson is admitted to practice in Louisiana and New York.