Aisha Dennis

Aisha Dennis

Director of Strategic Litigation

With over a decade of litigation experience, Aisha brings great care, diligence, and tenacity to her cases.  She has served as an assistant federal public defender, a staff attorney for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and a senior associate at a top-tier boutique litigation firm.  In those roles, she has led hundreds of criminal cases, provided nationwide litigation assistance in criminal matters, and litigated civil cases involving criminal-adjacent matters.  

Aisha started her legal career in her hometown of Columbia, South Carolina as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Michelle Childs of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.  She then went on to clerk for the Honorable James E. Graves, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 

Aisha obtained her law degree from New York University School of Law and received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University.  Prior to attending law school, she taught high school economics and U.S. history in Atlanta, Georgia with Teach for America.  When not in the office, you will likely find her on the tennis courts, jogging, practicing yoga, or enjoying live music.