Chaplin J. Carmichael is a litigation associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn. Chaplin’s practice focuses on complex business and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on securities litigation, along with government and internal investigations and enforcement matters.
Chaplin is a member of the firm's Pro Bono Committee and maintains an active pro bono practice. He represented Mr. Jones in the firm's historic jury trial victory over an LAPD officer in Jones v. City of Los Angeles (C.D. Cal.), in which a federal jury unanimously awarded $375,000 in compensatory and punitive damages after a weeklong jury trial. Chaplin also represents clients in a variety of other pro bono matters, including helping domestic violence survivors obtain legal protections against their abusers.
Chaplin earned his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of California, Irvine School of Law, where he was articles editor for the UC Irvine Law Review and vice president of the Student Bar Association, among other activities. Chaplin also successfully briefed and argued a First Amendment appeal on behalf of an indigent prisoner in the Ninth Circuit, was a legal extern in the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, and did pro bono work for the Orange County Public Defender’s Writs & Appeals Unit. He earned his B.A. in Political Science and minor in Environmental Studies from the University of Michigan.
Chaplin is a member of the California Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Capabilities
- Securities Litigation
- Class Actions
- Crisis Management
- Law Firm Defense
- Litigation
- Securities Enforcement
- Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance
- Trials
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Credentials
Education:
- University of California, Irvine - 2019 Juris Doctor
- University of Michigan - 2016 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar