Julia Furlong

Julia M. Furlong is an associate in the firm’s financial restructuring practice. Ms. Furlong represents debtors, secured creditors, hedge funds, noteholders, institutional investors and other interested parties in complex chapter 11 cases and corporate reorganizations. She also advises clients on a variety of education, civil rights and immigration matters as part of her pro bono practice. Ms. Furlong currently serves as a member of the Pro Bono Committee and the Pro Bono Scholars Hiring Committee for the Washington office.

Ms. Furlong earned a J.D. in 2015 from The University of Texas School of Law, where she was a Human Rights Scholar with the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice. She holds a B.S. in business administration, with a Spanish minor, from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ms. Furlong was an Akin Gump Pro Bono Scholar in 2013 and a member of Akin Gump’s 2014 summer associate class. Prior to law school, she taught elementary school students as a Teach For America corps member.

Education:

• J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2015
• B.S.B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008

Bar Admissions:

• California
• District of Columbia