Betty Yang is a partner in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a co-chair of the firm’s global Trial Practice Group. Betty represents clients in jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations across the country in a variety of disciplines, including antitrust, life sciences, intellectual property, and oil & gas.
Betty’s extensive experience as a trial lawyer includes some of the most significant trials of the last 20 years. In a case described in the press as “the Super Bowl of Antitrust,” Betty defended Apple against unprecedented antitrust claims brought by Epic Games Inc. After a three-week bench trial, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled in favor of Apple on all of the antitrust claims. Less than a year later, Betty served as trial counsel for a leading insurance company in the highly publicized month-long trial relating to confirmation of the bankruptcy plan filed by the insured, Boy Scouts of America. Earlier in her career, Betty was trial counsel for BP America Production Co. in the multidistrict litigation relating to the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon and was one of the youngest attorneys to take depositions, including one notable deposition that received national press coverage and led to the imposition of sanctions against one of the parties.
Betty has recently been recognized as one of Law360's “Rising Stars” in the Trial category. Betty was also recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a “Future Star.” She has been named by Lawdragon to both its 500 Leading Litigators in America and 500 Leading Global Litigators guides, and included in the Dallas Business Journal's 40 Under 40 list, celebrating the region's brightest and most talented leaders. In 2022, Betty was honored as one of Business Insider’s “Rising Stars of the Courtroom” and was also recognized by Texas Lawyer as an attorney “On the Rise.
Other Representative Matters*
- Trial counsel for a large U.S. manufacturer in an international arbitration where the claimant alleged fraud and breach of contract and sought over one billion dollars in damages. After a three week arbitration, the three-member tribunal ruled entirely in favor of the client, awarding it attorneys’ fees and costs from claimant.
- Trial counsel for EPC contractor clients defending a $10 billion arbitration relating to the construction of an oil refinery. Obtained a unanimous take-nothing judgment.
- Trial counsel for Fortune 100 company in case alleging patent infringement, fraud, and breach of contract in connection with a medical device. Case reached favorable settlement soon after trial began.
- Trial counsel for a private equity firm in a dispute with an operator. After a two week arbitration, the three-member tribunal ruled in favor of the client.
- Trial counsel for pharmaceutical company client in False Claims Act qui tam suit brought by a generic competitor, with hundreds of millions of dollars at issue. Obtained full dismissal and award of costs and attorneys’ fees for client.
- Represented global pharmaceutical company in antitrust action asserting novel “product switching” or “product hopping” theory brought by generic pharmaceutical manufacturer.
- Represented leading fintech company in litigation brought by Federal Trade Commission alleging violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in company’s personal and auto loan businesses.
- Represented major oil and gas company in litigation relating $500 million acquisition of midstream assets.
*Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Outside of the courtroom, Betty is committed to advancement of the legal profession on issues of equality and justice. Betty maintains an active pro bono practice and serves on the board of directors for the Human Rights Initiative of North Texas. Betty also serves as the co-chair of the Texas chapter of the ChIPs Network, an organization that advances and connects women in technology, law, and policy.
Betty received her Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Emory University. During college, Betty worked in the physiology department of Emory University School of Medicine, where she studied the myosin heavy chain composition of the styloglossus muscle in rhesus macaque monkeys.
Betty is a member of the Texas Bar. She is proficient in Mandarin Chinese.
Capabilities
- Trials
- Antitrust and Competition
- Energy Regulation and Litigation
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Life Sciences
- Technology Litigation
Credentials
Education:
- Duke University - 2009 Juris Doctor
- Emory University - 2006 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- Texas Bar