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Hilary Gerzhoy

Hilary Gerzhoy

As a legal ethics and malpractice litigator, Hilary represents lawyers and firms in disciplinary investigations, prosecutions, malpractice matters, and fee disputes. She has represented lawyers in front of every disciplinary body at the state and federal level in D.C. and Maryland, before the Virginia State Bar, and before the USPTO’s Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED). Hilary serves as outside general counsel, helping firms navigate conflicts, implement AI, create nonlawyer partnerships, comply with advertising rules, ensure ethically-compliant lateral partner moves, adhere to lobbying-related requirements, and respond to unauthorized practice of law (UPL) and bar application inquiries.

Hilary is the Vice Chair of the D.C. Bar Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee and she a member of the ABA’s Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee. In 2022, the Judges of the D.C. Circuit appointed her to serve as one of the six members on the D.C. Circuit’s Advisory Committee on Admissions and Grievances. Hilary is an adjunct law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center where she teaches legal ethics, and she serves on Law360′s Legal Ethics Editorial Advisory Board.

A frequent writer, Hilary has published more than thirty articles on developments in legal ethics and her work has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg Law, Law360, the Washington Lawyer, and LexisNexis. She is regularly quoted as a legal ethics leader in publications including The National Law Journal, Law.com, and Law360. Hilary teaches courses on legal ethics and malpractice at bar associations and law schools across the country.

Hilary has been recognized by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and Lawdragon. She is AV Peer Review rated by Martindale-Hubbell with a 5.0 out of 5.0 rating, Highest Level of Professional Excellence. Before entering private practice, Hilary clerked for the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She received her J.D. from the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where she served as Online Editor of the California Law Review and a teaching assistant for the Legal Research and Writing Program, and where she received the Prosser Award for Written and Oral Advocacy. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago, graduating Phi Beta Kappa.

Guest Appearances
January 30, 2025

#543: What Lawyers Need to Know About the Ethics of Using AI, with Hilary Gerzhoy

In this conversation, Hillary Gerzhoy discusses the intersection of legal ethics and artificial intelligence (AI) in the legal profession. She highlights the risks associated with incorporating AI into legal practices, emphasizing the...