Matthew Benjamin is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm's Litigation Practice and also serves on the firm's Community Affairs Committee and Diversity Committee.
Mr. Benjamin's practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, internal and regulatory investigations, and complex commercial litigation. He has represented corporate and individual clients in the financial services, health care, technology, and construction and manufacturing industries. Mr. Benjamin's pro bono work includes matters related to immigration and veterans law.
Mr. Benjamin received his Juris Doctor degree in 2006 from New York University School of Law, where he served as an Executive Articles Editor for the Annual Survey of American Law and research assistant to Professor Amy Adler. He graduated cum laude from Yale College with a Bachelor of Arts in the History of Art in 2003.
In 2011, Mr. Benjamin was recognized in Super Lawyers New York magazine as a Rising Star in litigation.
In 2012, Mr. Benjamin was appointed a non-voting member of the United States Sentencing Commission’s Practitioners Advisory Group, which provides input from private practitioners on a variety of sentencing-related issues, including proposed amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and legislative initiatives.
From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Benjamin served as a law clerk to the Honorable George Z. Singal in the United States District Court for the District of Maine.
Mr. Benjamin is admitted to practice in the State of New York, and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Publications:
- “Losing Ground: In Search Of A Remedy For The Over Emphasis On Loss And Other Culpability Factors In The Sentencing Guidelines For Fraud And Theft,” PENNumbra, December 2011.
- “Going It Alone: The Cost of Unilateral Law Enforcement,” Business Crimes Bulletin, June 2008.
- “Possessing Pollution,” 31 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 733 (2007).