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Abbey Hudson is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on environmental matters and complex trial litigation. She devotes a significant portion of her time to helping clients navigate environmental and emerging regulations as well as related governmental investigations. Chambers USA ranks Abbey in the Environment – California category, and Legal 500 US recognizes her as a Next Generation Lawyer in the Industry Focus – Environment – Litigation category.
Environmental and Mass Tort Litigation and Regulatory Compliance. Abbey has handled all aspects of environmental and mass tort litigation and regulatory compliance. She has provided counseling and advice on environmental and regulatory compliance to clients on a wide range of issues, including supply chain transparency requirements, comments on pending regulatory developments, and enforcement counseling. She has experience handling California environmental matters that involve the California Air Resources Board, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the California Geologic Energy Management Division, and the Regional Water Quality Control Board – Los Angeles Region. Abbey also regularly advises clients regarding Environmental Social Governance (“ESG”) issues, including sustainability, in connection with corporate and real estate transactions.
Abbey also has experience with climate change focused regulations such as the California Air Resources Board’s (‘CARB”) Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), the Zero-Emission Vehicle Program, and the Cap-and-Trade Program. As part of her climate focused work, she helps guide clients to monetize the environmental and low-carbon attributes of their products or services under both voluntary and compliance-based regimes.
Litigation. Over the past decade, Abbey has litigated several of the firm’s most high-profile complex cases. She specializes in helping clients navigate incident response including crafting big picture media and litigation strategies. Abbey also has an expertise in post-incident e-discovery and evidence preservation.
Some of Abbey’s most recent non-confidential matters include:
Community and Firm Involvement. Abbey is a member of the Firm’s Associates, Diversity, Well-Being, and Community Affairs Committees. Additionally, Abbey helped launch and helps run the firm’s LGBT Women’s initiative. In 2017, Abbey was named one of the 40 Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 by the National LGBT Bar Association. Abbey also has an active pro bono practice. She regularly represents The Trevor Project, and is also a certified trainer for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Abbey also traveled to Kenya and Tanzania with Lawyers Without Borders to facilitate the training of Kenyan and Tanzanian advocates and judges on how to successfully bring claims under those countries’ wildlife conservation laws to trial.
Abbey earned her law degree from Columbia University, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, a finalist in the Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Competition, and president of OutLaws, Columbia’s LGBT law student organization. Abbey received her Bachelor’s degree with distinction in Political Science from Yale University in 2003.
Columbia University - 2009 Juris Doctor
Yale University - 2003 Bachelor of Arts
California Bar