Gabrielle Buckley is a Shareholder in the Corporate Practice Group of Vedder Price P.C., an AmLaw 200 law firm, where she chairs the firm’s Business Immigration Practice. Ms. Buckley has over 25 years of experience in international law issues, primarily in the areas of corporate immigration law compliance, global migration and direct investment.   Prior to joining Vedder Price in 2001, Ms. Buckley practiced with the law firms of Kelley Drye & Warren and Katten Muchin Rosenman.  She also served as in-house counsel for Borg-Warner Corporation.

Ms. Buckley currently serves on the American Bar Association’s 13‑member Commission on Immigration, and is the immediate past chair of the International Bar Association’s Immigration & Nationality Committee.  She is an Adjunct Professor of Law at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago.  In addition to her service on the board of directors of RefugeeOne, she is also a member of  the boards of the U.S.-India Chamber of Commerce (Midwest) and WorldChicago (formerly the International Visitors Center of Chicago).  Ms. Buckley also serves on the Leadership Council of the National Immigrant Justice Center.   She is a member of the Galway Sister Cities Committee and Concern’s Brigid Awards Committee.

Ms. Buckley received her J.D. degree from DePaul University College of Law, and her B.A. from Mundelein College.  She also attended Konan University in Kobe, Japan.  She resides in Evanston with her son, Daire, a student at Loyola Academy.