Jabari Y. Julien is a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Securities Litigation, White Collar Defense and Investigations, and Labor and Employment Practice Groups. Jabari represents individuals and major multinational corporations in complex civil litigation, as well as in criminal, regulatory, and internal investigations.
Jabari also maintains an active pro bono practice. He represented Mr. Jones in a historic civil rights victory over an LAPD officer in Deon Jones v. City of Los Angeles, in which a federal jury unanimously determined that the officer had violated Mr. Jones’ Fourth Amendment rights and awarded him $375,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. Jabari has also represented clients in a variety of other pro bono matters, focusing on the areas of criminal justice and constitutional rights.
Jabari received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, where he was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as an editor for the Columbia Law Review and as President of the Prison Healthcare Initiative. While in law school, Jabari interned with the Honorable Beryl A. Howell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and participated in New York State’s Pro Bono Scholars Program. Jabari graduated magna cum laude from Howard University with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.
Jabari served as a law clerk to the Honorable Margo K. Brodie of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Jabari is admitted to practice in the State of New York and in the State of California.
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Labor and Employment
- Securities Litigation
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Credentials
Education:
- Columbia University - 2020 Juris Doctor
- Howard University - 2016 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- California Bar
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, Eastern District of New York, Hon. Margo K. Brodie, 2023 - 2024