Bio
Ashley Gorski is a Senior Staff Attorney in the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’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; Kariye v. Mayorkas, a suit by Muslim Americans subjected to discriminatory religious questioning at the U.S. border; and Shen v. Simpson, a challenge to a Florida law that restricts many Chinese immigrants from buying homes in the state. She has also represented Asian American scientists seeking accountability for wrongful prosecution by the U.S. government, including in Chen v. United States, which resulted in one of the largest settlements ever paid by the Commerce Department. Ashley has provided expert testimony on U.S. surveillance law in international fora, and her writing and commentary are routinely featured in national media outlets. Prior to joining the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û in 2013, Ashley worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jon O. Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School.
Featured work
Nov 21, 2016
President Obama Will Soon Turn Over the Keys to the Surveillance State to President-Elect Trump
Oct 21, 2016
New UN Report Highlights Freedom of Expression Violations Across the Globe
Sep 23, 2016
Unprecedented and Unlawful: The NSA’s 'Upstream' Surveillance
Mar 16, 2016
The Public’s Need for the Full Story of CIA Torture Has Gotten Even More Urgent
Feb 25, 2016
The Government Is Already Forcing Companies to Give It Access to Our Data
Oct 24, 2015
Court Chooses to Ignore Overwhelming Evidence of NSA’s Mass Internet Spying
Sep 25, 2015
How the NSA’s Mass Internet Spying Poisons Society
Jun 15, 2015
New Docs Raise Questions ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û CIA Spying Here at Home