Laurel Gift Elected as Vice President of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Laurel Gift has been elected as Vice President (Western District) of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (PACDL). She also serves as Co-Chair of PACDL’s Advocacy Committee and as the Chairperson of the Allegheny County Chapter of PACDL where she seeks to build peer-to-peer networking and mentoring relationships among the criminal defense bar.

Founded in 1988, PACDL is a not-for-profit association of criminal defense lawyers committed to equal justice under law, providing continuing legal education and advocating for criminal justice reform.

Gift chairs Schnader’s Criminal Defense practice group and the Internal Investigations, Ethics and Compliance practice group. She concentrates her practice in the area of internal investigations for institutions of high education, municipalities, and private businesses and representing corporate and individual clients in a variety of criminal matters.