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The American Lawyer - Litigation Department of the Year 2010
Gibson Dunn was named the best litigation firm in the nation by The American Lawyer magazine in its fifth biennial "Litigation Department of the Year" competition. In awarding this honor, The American Lawyer dubbed Gibson Dunn's litigators the "Game Changers," adding, "when other firms and conventional strategies come up short, clients in deep trouble turn to Gibson Dunn for fresh, aggressive thinking and innovative rescues." The magazine also honored Gibson Dunn's Labor and Employment group as a finalist in its labor and employment competition. The winners were announced in the magazine's January 2010 issue.
The American Lawyer - Mid-Level Associates Survey
Gibson Dunn was ranked first among the Global 100 firms and third out of 137 law firms across the country in The American Lawyer's 2010 Mid-Level Associates Survey. The annual survey asks mid-level associates to examine 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction, including relations with partners and other associates, the interest and satisfaction level of the work, training and guidance, policy on billable hours, management’s openness about firm strategies and partnership chances, the firm's attitude toward pro bono work, compensation and benefits, and the respondents’ inclination to stay at their firm for at least two more years.
The American Lawyer - A-List
Gibson Dunn ranked seventh on The American Lawyer's "A-List", the publication's most prestigious ranking. The A-List features the "20 most successful law firms" as determined by a composite of four factors: revenue per lawyer, pro bono commitment, diversity among lawyers, and associate satisfaction. This is the fifth consecutive year that Gibson Dunn has appeared on the list. The A-List appears in the July/August 2010 issue.
Corporate Board Member - GCs' Top 20 Firms and America's Best Corporate Law Firms
Corporate Board Member magazine ranked Gibson Dunn eighth in its annual GCs' Top 20 Firms survey, based on a survey of 252 general counsels asked to name the outside law firms they most admire. In a separate survey, Gibson Dunn was ranked 12th in the publication's annual top 20 list of America's Best Corporate Law Firms, based on the votes of 340 directors. The rankings are included in the second quarter 2010 issue of the magazine.
Institutional Investor - Benchmark Litigation Guide 2010
The 2010 edition of Institutional Investor's Benchmark Litigation Guide has recommended Gibson Dunn in seven of 10 key business litigation practice areas nationally. The firm is recommended in the areas of Antitrust, Appellate, Bankruptcy, General Commercial, Intellectual Property, Product Liability and Securities. Benchmark also recognized 21 partners as top "litigation stars." Nine partners were recognized as "future stars." Benchmark recommendations are based on extensive interviews with the nation's leading private practice lawyers and in-house counsel.
International Financial Law Review - IFLR 1000
The 2010 edition of IFLR1000, a guide to the world's leading financial law firms, named Gibson Dunn as a recommended firm in six U.S. categories: Capital Markets - Debt and Equity, Capital Markets - High-Yield Debt, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity - Fund Formation, Private Equity - Transactions, and Restructuring and Insolvency. In the Western Europe region, Gibson Dunn is recommended in the EU Competition category. Gibson Dunn is also recommended in three Latin America categories, Banking, Capital Markets and Mergers and Acquisitions.
PLC Which Lawyer? 2010 - Global 50
Gibson Dunn was named as one of the Global 50 by PLC Which Lawyer? in 2010. The Global 50 are recognized as the "law firms that received the greatest depth and breadth of recommendations across the PLC Which lawyer? research" for the 2010 edition. Gibson Dunn also achieved 58 individual lawyer endorsements in various practice areas.
Best Lawyers in America
The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 has recognized 100 Gibson Dunn lawyers as leading lawyers in 30 practice areas. Best Lawyers is based on peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.
Best Lawyers International
Best Lawyers has recognized 11 Gibson Dunn partners as leading lawyers in 10 practice areas in UK, Belgium, France, Germany and Singapore.
Chambers Global 2010 - The World's Leading Lawyer for Business
Chambers Global 2010 ranked Gibson Dunn in 18 categories and Gibson Dunn lawyers in 20 categories globally, regionally in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East and in Belgium, France, United Arab Emirates and United States.
Chambers USA 2010 - America's Leading Business Lawyers
In its 2010 edition, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business awarded Gibson Dunn 51 first-tier rankings, of which 13 were firm practice group rankings and 38 were individual lawyer rankings. Overall, the firm earned 204 rankings -- 61 firm practice group rankings and 143 individual lawyer rankings.
Chambers UK 2010 - A Client's Guide the UK Legal Profession
Chambers UK 2010 awarded Gibson Dunn 11 rankings, six individual rankings and three practice group rankings.
Chambers Europe 2010 - Europe's Leading Lawyers for Business
Chambers Europe 2010 awarded Gibson Dunn 12 rankings: seven individual rankings and five practice group rankings.
Chambers Asia 2010 - Asia's Leading Lawyers for Business
Chambers Asia 2010 awarded Gibson Dunn's Singapore office a Tier 2 ranking in the Corporate/M&A: Foreign: Mid-Market/FDI: Singapore category.
Legal 500 - EMEA 2010
The EMEA Legal 500 (Europe, Middle East and Africa) has recognized Gibson Dunn's Belgium, Germany, France and Dubai offices among its list of recommended law firms for 2010.
US Legal 500 2010
Gibson Dunn was recognized in 25 practice categories in the 2010 edition of The Legal 500 - United States, and 12 partners were named as Leading Lawyers in their respective practices.
UK Legal 500 2009
The UK Legal 500 2009 has recognized Gibson Dunn's London office among its list of recommended law firms in 11 areas.
UK Legal Experts 2010
UK Legal Experts 2010 has identified eight London partners as experts in their respective fields of practice: James Barabas, Paul Harter, Kenneth Lamb, Wayne McArdle and Selina Sagayam for Corporate/M&A, Thomas Budd for Bank Lending, Alan Samson for Commercial Property and Cyrus Benson for Arbitration.
PRACTICE GROUP ACCOLADES
Global Competition Review - Global Elite and GCR 100
Global Competition Review ranked the firm's antitrust practice 11th in the world in its Global Elite ranking, which features the top 20 antitrust practices in the world. Featured in GCR 100 - 10th Edition (2010), Global Competition Review's annual survey of the world's leading competition practices, the Global Elite ranking is based on four main factors: size of competition practice; number and location of nominees to The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers and Economists; stability of the practice (measured in net partner gains or losses over the year); and the number of votes it received from rival firms. Gibson Dunn was also ranked as an elite firm in the category United States: California and was highly recommended in the area of United States: Governmental Antitrust.
Global Arbitration Review - GAR 100
Global Arbitration Review listed Gibson Dunn in the 2010 edition of GAR 100, its annual guide to the international arbitration capabilities of law firms. While noting the "recent creation" of Gibson Dunn's formal practice group, "a reporter noted that, in conversations with arbitration groups in London during 2008, Gibson Dunn began to be identified as a firm that was being seen far more often on pitches and making moves."
Chambers and Partners - Award for Excellence 2010
Chambers and Partners named Gibson Dunn as the winner of the Chambers USA Award for Excellence 2010 in the Antitrust category. The award honors outstanding lawyers and law firms, reflecting both preeminence in key practice areas and achievements over the past 12 months.
National Law Journal - Appellate Hot List
National Law Journal ranked Gibson Dunn as one of the top appellate practices nationally in its annual Appellate Hot List. Gibson Dunn was recognized for its "impressive track record," including winning the landmark campaign finance case. The Appellate Hot List recognized 20 law firms with significant appellate victories since January 2009 before the U.S. Supreme Court and lower appellate courts. The feature appears in the April 5, 2010 issue of National Law Journal.
Asian-Counsel - 2009 Deal of the Year
Asian-Counsel magazine has named the Formation of the Islamic Infrastructure Fund Limited Partnership as one of its 2009 Deals of the Year in the areas of fund formation and international finance. Gibson Dunn's Singapore office represented CIMB-Standard as manager and advisor. Selected for innovation, complexity, size and uniqueness, the Deals of the Year are featured in the February 2010 issue of Asian-Counsel.
Law360 - Employment Defense Firm of the Year
Law360 named Gibson Dunn one of the six Employment Defense Firms of 2009, recognizing the firms for their work on the year's major cases. The ranking was published on January 1, 2010.
Law360 - Competition Firm of the Year
Law360 named Gibson Dunn one of the top six Competition Firms of the Year for 2009, based on "both front-page mergers and major litigation victories." The article commented, "In sum, the courtroom accomplishments attest to the fact that Gibson Dunn's antitrust group relishes trying cases, even in the daunting antitrust world where defendants often face the threat of treble damages." The ranking was published on January 1, 2010. Law360 also ranked Gibson Dunn second among the largest competition practices in the United States, based on number of lawyers in the group. The ranking was published on December 4, 2009.
Law360 - Largest Securities Practices
Law360 ranked Gibson Dunn fourth among the largest securities practices in the United States, based on number of lawyers in the group. The ranking was published on December 4, 2009.
LAWYER ACCOLADES
TIME Magazine - 2010 Time 100
TIME named Washington, D.C. partner Theodore B. Olson to the 2010 TIME 100, the magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Olson is recognized in the Thinkers category, along with David Boies for their work in challenging the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, the California constitutional amendment that eliminates marriage rights for same-sex couples. The two were cited by TIME Magazine as the "lions of America's legal establishment" and "they've put on an extraordinary case in the federal court system . . . They remind us that the ideas binding us together in our constitutional democracy are far more important than those separating us." The full list and related tributes appear in the May 10, 2010 issue of TIME.
Hollywood Reporter - Power Lawyers
The Hollywood Reporter named partners Scott Edelman, Ruth Fisher, Orin Snyder and Larry Ulman to its annual list of Power Lawyers, "spotlighting the 100 attorneys most influencing the entertainment business." The list was published on July 16, 2010.
Daily Journal - Top Employment Defense Lawyers in California
The Daily Journal has named Orange County partner William Claster to its list of the Top Employment Defense Lawyers in California. The list was featured in the July 14, 2010 issue.
Human Resource Executive - 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys
Partners William Kilberg and Eugene Scalia were named among the 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys in the nation by Human Resource Executive magazine and Lawdragon, an online legal publication and directory. The list is featured in the June 16, 2010 issue of Human Resource Executive.
Law360 - Rising Stars 2010
In its 2010 Rising Star series, Law360 featured Ashlie Beringer, Thomas Dupree, Matthew McGill, Michael Murphy, Matthew Williams and Aric Wu among the top 10 lawyers to watch in their respective practice areas of appellate law, bankruptcy law, environmental law, intellectual property law, and securities law.
Daily Journal - Top Women Litigators
The Daily Journal has named Marjorie Lewis, Andrea Neuman and Meryl Young to its annual list of Top Women Litigators. All three are profiled in the May 12, 2010 issue of the Daily Journal.
Turnarounds & Workouts - 2010 Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers
Turnarounds & Workouts named Gibson Dunn New York partner Matt Williams to its Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers 2010 List, published in the April 2010 issue.
Daily Journal - 75 Leading IP Litigators
The Daily Journal has named partners Wayne Barsky, Denis Salmon and Jeffrey Thomas to its list of the 75 Leading IP Litigators. Attorneys are selected based on the impact that they have had on intellectual property law. The list was published on April 7, 2010.
California Lawyer - 2010 Attorneys of the Year
California Lawyer named Scott Edelman and Andrea Neuman among its 2010 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year recognizing "lawyers throughout the state whose legal work made a profound impact in 2009." They were the only two lawyers recognized in the Litigation category. The feature appeared in the March 2010 issue.
The Recorder - 2009 Attorneys of the Year
The Recorder named partners Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Scott Edelman and Andrea Neuman to its inaugural 2009 Attorneys of the Year list, honoring 16 "practicing lawyers who made big headlines through the achievement of tangible results for a client in California during the last year." The list is featured in the February 22, 2010 issue.
Daily Journal - California's Top 20 Lawyers Under Age 40
The Daily Journal featured Los Angeles partner Christopher Dusseault on its annual list of Top 20 California Attorneys Under 40. The article appeared in the January 13, 2010 issue.
BTI's 2010 Client Service All-Stars
BTI Consulting named Washington, D.C. partners Dan Nelson and John Olson to its 2010 BTI Client Service All-Stars list. The list is based solely on "unprompted, unequivocal recommendation from corporate counsel" from large and Fortune 1000 companies. More than 60 percent of corporate counsel selected the All-Stars for their client focus: "true thought leadership; innovation; creativity applied to the client; focused, practical problem-solving; valued counsel; responsiveness and accessibility; total commitment to the client."
Asian Legal Business - ALB Hot 100
Singapore partner Jai Pathak was named to Asian Legal Business' "Hot 100" list of lawyers. The list features lawyers "who have performed outstandingly in their field, or courted controversy and turned heads" and who have "set newsrooms abuzz in their pursuit of excellence, in one of the most challenging years for legal sectors seen across the Asian region." The list was issued on September 24, 2009.
Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal - California's Top 100 Lawyers
The Daily Journal has named Thedoroe J. Boutrous, Jr. and Scott Edelman to its annual list of California's Top 100 Lawyers. The list is featured in the September 23, 2009 issues of the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the San Francisco Daily Journal.
Los Angeles Business Journal - Who's Who in L.A. Law
The Los Angeles Business Journal named Wayne Barsky, Scott Edelman and Jesse Sharf to its list of Who's Who in L.A. Law, featuring the top 100 attorneys in Los Angeles. The list appears in the October 5, 2009 issue.
National Association of Women Lawyers - Outstanding Member Award
Sarretta McDonough received the Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers at the Association's Annual Luncheon in New York City on July 23, 2009. The Award is given to a NAWL member for her contribution to NAWL over the preceding year.