Reilly Wright is an associate with Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP. She graduated from Georgetown University Law Center.  During law school, Reilly participated in the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic, an experiential learning program in the Spring of 2024 and earned an Associate Dean’s Award for her excellence in clinical work.

While at Georgetown, Reilly worked as a research assistant, delving into environmental legal topics including land use and climate change, ecosystem services, and mangrove conservation. She also drafted literature reviews and memorandum on projects related to international environmental law and legal principles. Reilly was a member of the Georgetown Environmental Law Society and was the Senior Editor of the Georgetown Environmental Law Review. She was a summer associate at MGKF in 2022 and 2023.

Reilly attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated summa cum laude in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She spent a semester abroad at Cambridge University, Pembroke College in the fall of 2019. Her capstone thesis was recently published in the Journal of Economic Psychology in 2023 titled “Not All Luck is Created Equal: Sources of Income Inequality and Willingness to Redistribute.”

Reilly has served as the Co-Director & Business Development Chair of Home Court, a Georgetown Law charity basketball fundraiser.  The event raises money for the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. In 2024 in her role as Co-Director, they raised more than $800K for the Clinic.  She earned a Dean’s Certificate for special and outstanding service to the Georgetown Law Community for her volunteer efforts. She also stayed active as the Captain of the Georgetown Law co-ed softball team.

Outside the office, you may find Reilly cooking up a vegetarian meal, hiking with her dog or playing softball.

“Not All Luck is Created Equal: Sources of Income Inequality and Willingness to Redistribute.” 97 J. Econ. Psych, (2023) – with A. Aldama