Gareth Peirce, is a former journalist who followed the campaign of Martin Luther King and a British solicitor educated at the University of Oxford and London School of Economics, is best known for her work and advocacy in high-profile cases involving miscarriages of justice. She successfully represented those falsely convicted of IRA activity in the Guildford Four and Birmingham Six cases and was portrayed by Emma Thompson in the film In the Name of the Father. She is a senior partner in Birnberg Peirce and Partners in London.