Neil Gehlawat

Neil Gehlawat is a partner at Taylor & Ring. He concentrates his practice in the areas of sexual abuse, police misconduct, and personal injury and wrongful death, with extensive experience litigating in federal court. His results include a $27 million settlement with the Moreno Valley Unified School District for the family of 13-year-old Diego Stolz, the largest school bullying settlement in the United States, and a $9.5 million settlement with the LAPD over the shooting death of Mely Corado at a Trader Joe's in Silver Lake.

His representation of the family of David Sal Silva, who died after being beaten and asphyxiated by Kern County Sheriff's deputies, prompted a five-part Guardian series on Central Valley law enforcement and was profiled in the Hulu documentary Killing County. He serves on the CAOC Board of Directors and the National Police Accountability Project board, and was named to the Daily Journal's Top 40 Under 40 in 2024. He earned his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, where he was a Notes Editor of the Texas Law Review, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UC Berkeley.