Gail Killefer
Adjunct Professor Gail Killefer has an ADR practice and teaches Mediation. In addition to her private practice, she serves on the ADR panels of the United States District Court, Northern District of California, and of the various Bay Area superior courts.
Professor Killefer served as an Assistant United States Attorney in San Francisco from 1989 to 2001. She served as a Deputy Chief, Civil Division, 1994-1998, and as Chief, Civil Division, 1998-2001. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, she served as a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Torts Branch, in Washington, D.C., and as a law clerk to the Honorable Barrington D. Parker (D.D.C.). She received a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from the Vermont Law School.
Professor Killefer began teaching at Hastings in 2001.