Savannah Silver is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Groups.
Savannah focuses her practice at both the appellate and trial level on the strategy, briefing, and argument of complex legal issues in a variety of subject-matter areas, including constitutional law, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and contract disputes. She has presented argument in an appeal before the County Court at Law in Dallas County. Savannah maintains an active pro bono practice, partnering with local organizations to secure peace in Dallas neighborhoods and representing individuals fighting for religious liberty. She is involved in the Federalist Society’s Dallas chapter.
Recent Representative Matters:
- Persuaded the Fifth Circuit to reverse an order holding the head of a major state agency in contempt and imposing $100,000 in daily fines and to reassign the case in long-running institutional-reform litigation; team received shout-out from AmLaw Litigation Daily’s Litigator of the Week. M.D. ex rel. Stukenberg v. Abbott, No. 24-40248 (5th Cir.).
- Won unanimous affirmance of summary judgment for AT&T from the Second Circuit in appeal involving complex claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Grosso v. AT&T Pension Benefit Plan, No. 22-1701 (2d Cir.).
- Representing AT&T in a class action asserting novel claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Scott v. AT&T, 3:20-cv-7094 (N.D. Cal.).
- Served as the lead associate drafting briefs on behalf of the University of Southern California against a high-profile class action, resulting in a favorable classwide settlement. Munro v. USC, No. 2:16-cv-6191 (C.D. Cal.).
- Presented argument on behalf of surrounding neighbors in appeal involving a landlord's eviction of a tenant who was creating nuisances and threatening safety of the neighborhood. McClendon v. Brown, 24-04294 (Dallas County).
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Savannah served as a law clerk for Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and for Judge Brantley Starr of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Savannah graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 2020. She received a Bachelor of Science summa cum laude from Auburn University, where she majored in Quantitative Economics.
Savannah is a member of the Texas bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Fifth Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- University of Chicago Law School - 2020 Juris Doctor
- Auburn University - 2016 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- Texas Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, Northern District of Texas, Hon. Brantley D. Starr, 2021 - 2022
- US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod, 2020 - 2021