June 12, 2024
Gibson Dunn earned 62 practice area rankings, including 19 top-tier rankings in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 – United States. Fifteen partners were named to Legal 500’s Hall of Fame recognizing individuals who receive consistent feedback from their clients for continued excellence. Forty partners were named Leading Lawyers in their respective practices with an additional thirteen partners recognized as Next Generation Lawyers, and one lawyer named a Rising Star.
The firm achieved first-tier rankings in the following categories:
- Antitrust – Cartel
- Antitrust – Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution – Appellate: Courts of Appeal
- Dispute resolution – Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal)
- Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates
- Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution – International litigation
- Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense
- Energy – Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment – Environment: litigation
- Environment – Environment: litigation – Climate change litigation
- Government – Government relations: Congressional Investigations
- Labor and employment – Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms – Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms – Outsourcing
- Real estate – Land use/zoning
- Real estate – Real estate
- Real estate – Real estate finance
- Transport – Rail and road: litigation and regulation
Legal 500’s Hall of Fame for 2024 consists of:
- Theodore Boutrous – Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Michael P. Darden – Energy – Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Patrick Dennis – Environment – Environment: litigation
- Michael Desmond – Tax – US taxes: contentious
- Scott Edelman – Media, technology and telecoms – Media and entertainment: litigation
- Scott Hammond – Antitrust – Cartel
- Peter Hanlon – Energy – Energy transactions: electric power
- Jane Horvath – Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Perlette Michèle Jura – Dispute resolution – International litigation
- Stephen Nordahl – Media, technology and telecoms – Outsourcing
- Theodore Olson – Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Tomer Pinkusiewicz – Finance – Project finance
- Jesse Sharf – Real estate – Real estate
- Daniel Swanson – Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Joseph Warin – Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
The partners named as Leading Lawyers are:
Antitrust
Cartel
Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Rachel Brass
- Cynthia Richman
Dispute resolution
Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Miguel Estrada
- Allyson Ho
- Thomas Hungar
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals
General commercial disputes
- Theodore Boutrous
- Orin Snyder
International arbitration
International litigation
- Anne Champion
- Andrea Smith
M&A litigation: defense
Securities litigation: defense
Energy
Energy regulation: electric power
Energy transactions: electric power and Renewable/alternative power
Environment
Environment: litigation
- Stacie Fletcher
- Daniel Nelson
Finance
Capital markets: debt offerings
- Andrew Fabens
- Douglas Horowitz
Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
Commercial lending
Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Michael Cohen
- Scott Greenberg
Insurance
Advice to insurers
- Heather Richardson
- Deborah Stein
Intellectual property
Patents: litigation (full coverage)
International trade
Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Labor and employment
Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Jason Schwartz
- Katherine Smith
Land use/zoning
M&A/corporate and commercial
M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
Media, technology and telecoms
Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
Media and entertainment: litigation
Media and entertainment: transactional
Outsourcing
- Daniel Angel
- William Peters
Technology transactions
Real estate
Real estate
Real estate finance
- Jesse Sharf
- Michael Weinberger
Tax
US taxes: contentious
Transport
Rail and road: litigation and regulation
The partners named as Next Generation Partners and Rising Stars are:
- Joshua Brody – Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Sarah Graham – Media, technology and telecoms – Media and entertainment: transactional
- Noam Haberman – Real estate finance
- Meghan Hungate – Media, technology and telecoms – Outsourcing
- Abbey Hudson – Environment – Environment: litigation
- Ilissa Samplin – Intellectual property – Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Madalyn Miller – Transport – Aviation and air travel: finance
- Michael Perry – Antitrust – Merger control
- Ankita Ritwik – Dispute resolution – International arbitration
- Molly Senger – Labor and employment – Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Terrell Ussing – Tax – US taxes: contentious
- Edward Wei – Tax – US taxes: non-contentious
- Kahlil Yearwood – Real estate – Real estate finance
- Joseph Zujkowski – Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate