Lee G. Dunst is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Mr. Dunst is a member of the firm's Litigation Department and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group. His practice covers a wide range of general commercial litigation, as well as government investigations and white-collar criminal matters. His extensive experience includes securities class actions, accountants liability cases, directors and officers liability matters and general business litigation. He also represents numerous clients, including individuals, companies and special board committees, in connection with criminal and regulatory investigations. Recently, Mr. Dunst was recognized in The Legal 500 US 2008 edition, in connection with the firm's White Collar Defense and Investigations practice.

He has represented various corporate and individual clients in connection with white-collar criminal investigations by federal and state prosecutors, as well as related civil investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Attorney General's office and various state regulators. His cases have included the representation of senior business executives and corporate entities in connection with criminal and regulatory investigations of various types of alleged corporate fraud and alleged accounting irregularities, as well as alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He also has conducted numerous internal investigations of alleged misconduct at many United States and international companies.

Mr. Dunst has been involved extensively in the successful defense of several securities class action lawsuits filed against major accounting firms and underwriters in federal court in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland. He also has defended members of boards of directors in several litigations relating to their performance of their fiduciary duties as board members.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Dunst served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York from 1995 through 2000, and was involved in a series of significant criminal investigations and prosecutions. He led the investigation and prosecution of an international money laundering organization that operated in the United States and Switzerland, resulting in numerous convictions and the imposition of financial penalties of nearly $10 million, which he successfully defended upon appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In another case, Mr. Dunst received the Director's Award for Superior Performance from the Department of Justice for the successful prosecution of an insurance fraud scheme that resulted in the payment of $20 million in restitution. During his tenure with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr. Dunst also served as the Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Section and was widely quoted in the national and international media, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Times of London.

Mr. Dunst currently serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Pro Bono Panel and has been appointed to represent pro se plaintiffs for purposes of several appeals to the Second Circuit. Mr. Dunst also serves on the Advisory Board of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, which is the first primary care program in New York City specifically designed for the health needs of adolescents. In addition, he is a member of the Advisory Board of the Yorkville Youth Athletic Association, a community-based organization for children's athletics in New York City.

Mr. Dunst graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1986 and cum laude from New York University School of Law in 1992. Following law school, Mr. Dunst clerked for the Honorable Reena Raggi, then of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York and now on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Significant Representations Include:

Significant Publications Include:

• "The Blame Game," UK Legal Week (July 31, 2008).
• "Learning From High-Profile Perjury Cases," The National Law Journal (March 24, 2008).
• "Private Civil Litigation: The Other Side of Stock Option Backdating," BNA Securities Regulation & Law Report (September 3, 2007).
• "The Future of Parallel Criminal-Civil Investigations," BNA White Collar Crime Report (March 17, 2006).
• "The Growing Disclosure Threat to Non-US Issuers," International Financial Law Review (November 2005).
• "Cooperation with Government Probes, Subsequent Civil Litigation," New York Law Journal (May 13, 2005) (cited by Chief Magistrate Judge Peck in In re Natural Gas Commodity Litigation, 2005 WL 1457666 (S.D.N.Y. June 21, 2005)).
• "Suing 'John Doe': Guidelines for Piercing the Veil of Online Anonymity," Wallstreetlawyer.com (November 2001).

Speaking Engagements Include:

• "Managing Your Exposure to the Long-Arm Jurisdiction of the US Courts," International Litigation and Fraud Conference (May 20, 2008; London, England).
• "Corporate Fraud Prosecutions: The Shifting Legal Landscape," Practicing Law Institute Webcast (October 10, 2007).
• "Stock Options Backdating: Navigating the Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Landmines," Teleconference by the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications (January 10, 2007).
• "Challenges in Compliance and Corporate Governance" Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Webcast (January 9, 2007).
• "Walking The Tightrope: Understanding Stock Option Backdating To Avoid The Fall," Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Webcast (August 7, 2006).
• "Staying Out of Trouble: SEC Enforcement and the Current Litigation Landscape," SEC Institute (June 28, 2005).