Gillian Ruddy Wilcox joined the ACLU of Missouri in March 2014 as a staff attorney in our Kansas City office. As a part of the legal team, she investigates constitutional rights and civil liberties issues, identifies and prepares potential plaintiffs and witnesses, and works in all stages of litigation from trials to appeals in both state and federal court. She also serves as a legal resource for the ACLU of Missouri's legislative and policy work.
Before joining the ACLU, Gillian worked in both Minnesota and Missouri as a judicial law clerk. Gillian was also a staff attorney for Legal Aid of Western Missouri, where she represented neighborhood and nonprofit organizations in the urban core of Kansas City, with an emphasis on blight remediation and economic development; she continues to serve as a volunteer and is a member of Legal Aid’s board of trustees.
Gillian earned her Juris Doctor degree from Drake University Law School in 2007 and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology and Spanish from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. She is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the Association for Women Lawyers of Kansas City, and serves on the Drake Law School Board of Counselors.