Career
Early career
After graduating from law school,Gash served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edith H. Jones,United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Gash was later a trial attorney at the firm Kirkland &Ellis from 1995 until 1999.
Legal aid in Africa
In 2009,Gash began providing legal aid in Africa and especially in Uganda. Over the next decade,he worked to reduce the backlog of juvenile cases,helped institute plea bargaining in the nation's justice system,and became the first American to argue a case before the Ugandan Court of Appeals. In 2012,he was named special advisor to the High Court of Uganda, [4] and in 2018 LivingStone International University in Mbale named him Chancellor,a largely ceremonial position. [7] In 2013,Gash won the Warren M. Christopher International Lawyer of the Year award,given by the California Lawyers Association. [8]
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