Chimnomnso (“Nomnso”) Kalu joined Gilbert LLP in 2026. Prior to joining Gilbert, she spent nearly a decade as an Assistant United States Attorney the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. There, she served as lead counsel in more than 65 criminal appeals in both the D.C. Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, including presenting oral argument in more than a dozen cases. She also investigated and tried criminal cases in the D.C. Superior Court. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Nomnso served as a law clerk in both the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Nomnso also previously worked at an international law firm representing a diverse range of clients in criminal, regulatory, securities, products liability, and pro bono matters.

• 2010 –J.D., American University Washington College of Law
  • Summa Cum Laude
  • Order of the Coif
  • Editor-in-Chief, American University International Law Review
• 2007 – A.B., Harvard University

• New York
  • Not admitted in DC. Directly supervised by the principals of the Firm.
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

• Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court (2021–present)
• The Appellate Project (2020–present)
• U.S. Attorney’s Office Special Achievement Award (2018, 2020, 2022)