Arianna Zoghi

Arianna Zoghi joined Ali & Lockwood as a fellow in 2025 and practices in civil rights, commercial litigation, appeals, third-party subpoenas, and Freedom of Information Act matters. Arianna brings experience from death penalty post-conviction litigation and state legislative service. Her work has involved constitutional rights, effective assistance of counsel, fair prosecution, unbiased juries, reentry issues, and legal questions arising from government action and public accountability.

Arianna earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Virginia, where she was an Echols Scholar and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. At Yale, she received support from the Saranec Fund and Agger Endowment for Women in Law and coauthored work through the Liman Center concerning solitary confinement. Her education included clinics focused on reentry and capital punishment matters.

Arianna previously litigated post-conviction death penalty cases at the Capital Representation Resource Center, protecting clients’ rights to effective counsel, fair prosecution, and unbiased juries. She also served as legal counsel to the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus, where she drafted legislation and advised senators on legal and constitutional issues. During law school, she gained additional experience with reentry, civil rights, public defense, and government legal work.

Arianna Zoghi is admitted in the District of Columbia and Virginia and before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Fifth Circuits and federal district courts. Her background combines civil rights advocacy, appellate work, legislative counseling, and criminal justice experience. She approaches complex disputes with attention to constitutional protections, government accountability, and procedural fairness, while supporting clients through litigation, appeals, public-records issues, and other matters involving public institutions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Ali & Lockwood LLP
• Member, District of Columbia Bar
• Member, Virginia State Bar

Licensed State

• District of Columbia
• Virginia

Education

• Yale Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Virginia
  Bachelor’s degree in Economics

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