Alan Gura

Partner – Virginia
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Mr. Gura’s practice focuses primarily on constitutional law.

Prior to founding Gura & Possessky, PLLC, Mr. Gura began his career by serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Subsequently, as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, Mr. Gura defended the State of California and its employees from all manner of lawsuits, in state and federal courts, at trial and on appeal. Thereafter, Mr. Gura entered the private practice of law with the Washington, D.C. offices of Sidley & Austin. In February 2000, he left the firm to serve for a year as Counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight.

Alan Gura is admitted as an active member in good standing in the District of Columbia Bar, the Virginia State Bar, and the State Bar of California. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and numerous federal courts of appeal and district courts.

In 2009, Alan was named one of Washington's Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 and a Champion of Justice by Legal Times.

Alan Gura is a 1995 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He is also a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, having earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government, with Distinction in All Subjects, in 1992.

Selected Publications

“Heller and the Triumph of Originalist Judicial Engagement: A Response to Judge Harvie Wilkinson,” UCLA Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 5, June 2009.

“Ex-Patriates and Patriots: A Constitutional Examination of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act,” Texas Review of Law and Politics, Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 2002.

“Choosing Better Judges: A New President’s Guide,” The American Enterprise, Vol. 12, No. 2, March 2001.

Op-Ed: “ABA Pre-Clearance of Judicial Nominees Subverts Constitution,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, Vol. 114, No. 61, March 29, 2001.

Op-Ed: “Cubans Need Not Apply: Orioles Owner Flouts Civil Rights Act,” The Washington Times, May 29, 2000.

“Playing Chicken Roulette,” The American Spectator, March 15, 2005 (with Robert Levy).

“Restoring the Second Amendment in Parker v. District of Columbia,” Jurist Hotline, April 14, 2007.

“ D.C.'s Gun Ban Struck Down in Court, Heads to Supreme Court,” Cato Policy Report,  May/June 2007 (forum participant with Robert Levy).