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Kate Swisher is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the Firm’s Antitrust and Competition and Litigation Practice Groups.
Kate’s practice focuses on complex antitrust litigation, and she regularly defends leading global pharmaceutical companies against federal and state antitrust and federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) claims. Kate has experience in complex, “bet the company” class action matters on the cutting edge of antitrust and intellectual property. She has significant experience at all stages of litigation, including motions to dismiss, motions to certify a class, motions for summary judgment, expert witness preparation, class action settlements, trial prep, and appeals.
She has an extensive pro bono practice, and has represented clients in intellectual property disputes and criminal appeals. Kate has significant experience in family law, representing low-income clients in state family and matrimonial law cases. She has presented winning oral argument before the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division – Second Department.
Kate has been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Litigation – Antitrust. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Kate was a senior associate in the Antitrust group of another major international law firm.
Recent representations include:*
***includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.
Kate is an active member of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, and was recently a featured guest on the section’s podcast, Our Curious Amalgam, in an episode entitled “What’s Wrong With Having Lots of Patents? Patent Thickets and Antitrust Law.”
She received her Juris Doctor in 2015 from Northwestern University School of Law, where she served as an articles editor for the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.
Northwestern University - 2015 Juris Doctor
Yale University - 2009 Bachelor of Arts
New York Bar