Lael Weinberger is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and with the Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law practice groups.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Lael clerked for Justice Neil Gorsuch on the United States Supreme Court, Judge Frank Easterbrook on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and Chief Justice Daniel Eismann on the Idaho Supreme Court. Lael also taught and researched at Harvard Law School as a lecturer, as the Olin-Searle-Smith Fellow, and as the Raoul Berger-Mark DeWolfe Howe Legal History Fellow. Lael earned a law degree with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School. He also holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago, with a focus on American legal history. Lael’s writings have appeared in many academic and popular publications, including the University of Chicago Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review, Newsweek, National Review, First Things, World, and the LA Review of Books.
Lael is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and California. He is a member of the bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Capabilities
Credentials
Admissions:
- California Bar
- District of Columbia Bar
Clerkships:
- US Supreme Court, Hon. Neil Gorsuch, 2022 - 2023
- US Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, Hon. Frank Easterbrook, 2018 - 2019