FAQ - Who we are

Sarah and I opened our office on January 1, 2017, and I don’t think we’ve re-introduced ourselves since then. So I’m taking this opportunity to tell our readers a little bit about who we are.

Katherine Gilmer

“I consider myself an outspoken advocate for my clients and their best interests. I want to help people who are suffering.”

Katherine graduated from the University of Tampa with a degree in criminology. She went to law school knowing that she wanted to practice criminal law after graduation. Katherine graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University and was admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana in 2008.

Katherine began her legal career at the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal in Central Staff where her responsibilities included reviewing criminal appeals filed with the court and drafting recommendations and memoranda to the Court to assist with its rulings.

She began honing her skills at criminal litigation in 2009 when she joined the Shreveport City Attorney’s Office as an assistant city prosecutor. She prosecuted cases ranging from minor traffic offenses to first and second offense domestic abuse battery and driving while intoxicated offenses.

After four years, she left the city attorney’s office to enter private practice with a criminal defense form in Shreveport, where she met her law partner, Sarah Giglio. In 2017, Sarah and Katherine left that practice to open their own.

Sarah Giglio

“We want to stand as a shield between our clients and the legal system. Our desire is to identify and solve any underlying issues that caused them to come into contact with it in the first place. Clients know they can trust us.”

Graduating magna cum laude, from Texas A&M University, Sarah chose law because she wanted to make a positive impact in people’s lives. Earning her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law, Sarah’s dedication to her clients is the driving force behind her practice. A talented legal writer, Sarah served as a Staff Editor and President of Dedman’s International Law Review. As a student member of the Association for Public Interest Law, Sarah earned a stipend to do public interest work after her first year of law school. The following year, as Vice-President of that organization, she took a leading role in the organization’s fundraising efforts to provide future stipends to law students seeking public service internships.

Sarah’s litigation experience began while still in law school with an active role in the clinics offered at SMU, beginning as a student in the Child Advocacy Clinic and later serving as Chief of the clinic. After clerking at a firm specializing in civil litigation and an internship with the Dallas District Attorney’s Office, Sarah found herself drawn to practice of criminal law. Sarah began her career in criminal defense as an associate at Rosenthal & Wadas in McKinney, Texas, where she practiced until she moved to Shreveport. Once in Shreveport, she practiced at Elton Richey & Associates before opening Gilmer & Giglio.

Sarah is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and Texas, and holds memberships in the National College for DUI Defense, the Louisiana Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Shreveport Bar Association where she has served as President of the Women's Section, the Booth-Politz Inn of Court, and the Junior League of Shreveport-Bossier, for which she is currently serving as President. She was selected as a member of the 2016 Young Professionals Initiative 40 Under 40 class.