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Rachel Robertson is Of Counsel in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Litigation and Labor and Employment Departments. Rachel focuses her practice on complex, high-profile business disputes, including class actions, multidistrict litigation, and employment matters. She has been recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch (2021-2024) for Commercial Litigation.
Rachel focuses her practice on helping clients resolve their most challenging problems and guiding them through all stages of legal disputes—from advice and business strategy to trial and appeal. Rachel has significant experience running all aspects of litigation matters, including through the dispute initiation, complex discovery, motion practice, and trial.
Rachel has represented clients in a wide range of industries, including telecommunication companies, retailers, software companies, manufacturers, energy companies, investment firms, and social media companies. She has experience in a wide range of business litigation and employment matters in state and federal court, arbitration, and mediation.
Rachel has successfully litigated a wide range of issues in cases involving contract disputes; business torts, commercial fraud, and civil conspiracy disputes; trade secret, competition, and employee-raiding disputes; compliance with state and federal wage and hour laws; worker misclassification challenges; and breach of fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Rachel also maintains an active pro bono practice.
Recent Representative Experience
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Rachel was a law clerk for the Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Rachel received her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was the notes development editor and a member of the Executive Board of the Virginia Law Review. Rachel graduated with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Before law school, Rachel taught in Houston as a Teach For America corps member, and she was named a semi-finalist for the Sue Lehmann Excellence in Teaching Award.
She is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
University of Virginia - 2015 Juris Doctor
University of Texas - 2010 Bachelor of Arts
Texas Bar