Gissel is originally from Puerto Rico and is fluent in Spanish. She has been practicing law in the New Orleans metro area since 2004. After working as an Assistant District Attorney for Orleans Parish and as an Associate at a local insurance defense firm, she joined her husband, Oskar Pérez, in 2011 and founded Ferriol Pérez, LLC, a Hispanic-owned, full service law firm specializing in client-focused legal representation for the local community.
Gissel has a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Classics from the University of Arizona, and a law degree, with a Certificate in International Law, from Loyola University School of Law. She was an active member of Loyola's Moot Court Staff and graduated in the top 15% of her law school class.
Gissel is also a local author and is on the Board of The Japan Society of New Orleans.
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Gissel es natural de Puerto Rico. Cursó sus estudios de bachillerato en la Universidad de Arizona; institución de la cual se graduó en 2001. Luego obtuvo un grado de Juris Doctor (J.D.) y un Certificado en Derecho Internacional por la Universidad de Loyola, en Nueva Orleans. Gissel se destacó entre el 15% más alto de aprovechamiento académico de su clase graduada.
Tras su admisión al Colegio de Abogados de Luisiana en el 2004, Gissel inició su carrera jurídica como Fiscal Auxiliar de Distrito del condado de Orleans. De la fiscalía pasó a litigar casos de seguros en calidad de Asociada del bufete Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois, Pfister y Weinstock, con quienes trabajó varios años. Durante ese término obtuvo experiencia en las áreas principales de casos de seguros, con énfasis en reclamaciones por negligencia médica, accidentes automovilísticos, lesiones personales, responsabilidad personal, responsabilidad por productos, y litigios surgidos por el azote del huracán Katrina. A finales de 2011, Gissel en unión con su esposo, el abogado Oskar M. Pérez, fundaron el bufete Ferriol Pérez.
- Personal Injury
- Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Divorce
- Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Uncontested Divorce
- DUI & DWI
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation
- Traffic Tickets
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- Louisiana State Bar Association
- ID Number: 29182
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
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- Ferriol Perez, LLC
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- Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois, Pfister, and Weinstock
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- Assistant District Attorney
- Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office
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- Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office
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- Student Attorney
- Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic - Loyola University New Orleans
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- Judicial Extern for the Honorable Judge Sally A. Shushan
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
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- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
- J.D. (2004) | Civil Law, with a Certificate in International Law
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- Honors: Top 15% of class
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- University of Arizona
- B.A. (2001) | Psychology and Classics
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- The ProBono Project Distinguished Service Award
- The ProBono Project
- Louisiana State Bar Association # 29182
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- Certificate in International Law
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
- Website
- Ferriol Pérez, LLC
