McKenna Gilbreth joined Gray Reed after serving as a summer associate in 2025. During her summer clerkship, she worked across Gray Reed’s Controversies Department, researching commercial dispute issues, drafting memoranda and motions and attending hearings.

McKenna earned her J.D. from SMU Dedman School of Law, where she served as an associate member of the State Bar of Texas Civil Consumer Clinic, competed in mock trial with the Board of Advocates and served as secretary and treasurer of the Labor and Employment Law Association.

Before joining the firm, McKenna worked as a judicial intern for Judge Sean D. Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and as an in-house counsel extern for Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages.