John Matthew Butler

John Matthew Butler is an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington, D.C. office where he practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Matt served as a law clerk to the Honorable Steven M. Colloton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Honorable John D. Bates of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Matt graduated from Yale Law School in 2018, where he served as a Teaching Assistant in Procedure and an Executive Editor of the Yale Journal on Regulation and the Yale Journal of Law & Technology. He also received an A.B. magna cum laude in art and archaeology from Princeton and an M.A. in religion from Yale Divinity School.

 

Capabilities

• Litigation
• Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
• Antitrust and Competition
• Appellate and Constitutional Law
• Class Actions
• National Security
• White Collar Defense and Investigations

Credentials

Education:

• Yale University - 2018 Juris Doctor
• Yale University - 2014 Master of Arts
• Princeton University - 2012 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• District of Columbia Bar

Clerkships:

• USDC, District of Columbia, Hon. John D. Bates, 2019 - 2020
• US Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Hon. Steven M. Colloton, 2018 - 2019