Marshall R. King

Marshall R. King is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Litigation, Securities Litigation, and Class Action Practice Groups.

Marshall is recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for his work in Commercial Litigation (2024-2025).

Marshall handles a wide range of complex commercial disputes, including securities litigation, mergers and acquisitions disputes, and bankruptcy litigation. His recent and notable experience includes:

• Representing UBS in litigation arising out of the Madoff Ponzi scheme. Marshall successfully obtained dismissal of all common law claims in a $2 billion suit brought by the court-appointed trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, and continues to defend suits seeking clawback of monies allegedly traceable to BLMIS.
• Marshall frequently represents buyers or sellers in disputes arising out of acquisitions. He has both prosecuted and defended claims for fraud and misrepresentation, and often handles earnout and purchase price disputes, both in court and in alternative dispute proceedings.
• Marshall represents Mesquite Energy, Inc., as reorganized debtor, in several hotly contested proceedings arising out of the bankruptcy of Sanchez Energy Corporation.
• Marshall is defending Bank of America against claims by the FDIC alleging that Bank of America underpaid more than $1 billion in deposit insurance assessments.
• Marshall is defending a number of lawsuits on behalf of clients alleged to be unregistered dealers in suits brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Marshall represented Artémis, a French company, in two federal jury trials arising out of the rehabilitation of Executive Life Insurance Company, which resulted in favorable verdicts, and was selected as one of the Daily Journal's Top Defense Verdicts of the year.

Marshall received his Juris Doctor cum laude in 1991 from Harvard Law School. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors in Economics from Princeton University in 1988. He is a member of the Bars of New York and New Jersey.

Marshall currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Legal Services NYC, the largest provider of free civil legal services in the country. He also served for more than 10 years on the Board of Beginning with Children Foundation.

Capabilities

• Litigation
• Accounting Firm Advisory and Defense
• Appellate and Constitutional Law
• Class Actions
• Private Company M&A Disputes
• Securities Litigation
• Transnational Litigation
• Trials

Credentials

Education:

• Harvard University - 1991 Juris Doctor
• Princeton University - 1988 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• New Jersey Bar
• New York Bar