November 20, 2019
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has elected 13 new partners, effective January 1, 2020.
“We congratulate our new partners on this important and well-deserved professional achievement,” said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “Each of them exemplifies the core values of the firm – excellence, professionalism and collegiality – and I know that they will continue to uphold these principles as our partners.”
The new partners are:
Amer S. Ahmed (Litigation / New York) – Ahmed’s practice focuses on representing both institutional and individual clients in high-stakes, complex investigation and litigation matters at all stages of disputes. He has significant experience with ERISA, defamation and other First Amendment claims, product liability actions, and white-collar criminal defense. In addition to his frontline trial experience, Ahmed has successfully handled several appeals in state and federal courts. Ahmed graduated in 2005 from Columbia Law School, where he was an articles editor for the Columbia Law Review, a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a Tony Patino Fellow.
Brian C. Ascher (Litigation, Media, Entertainment and Technology / New York) – Ascher has represented corporate and individual clients in a wide range of commercial litigation in both federal and state court and administrative proceedings. Ascher graduated in 2009 from New York University School of Law, where he served as an articles editor for the New York University Environmental Law Journal. He clerked for Judge Faith S. Hochberg in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Attila Borsos (Litigation, Competition and Antitrust / Brussels) – Borsos is an experienced competition lawyer who advises on a broad range of complex competition and antitrust issues, including global merger control and cartel enforcement. Borsos represents clients before the European Commission, national competition authorities in Europe as well as regulatory authorities worldwide. His experience spans many industry sectors, with recent experience particularly in the consumer goods, chemicals, energy, airline, media and entertainment, insurance, and financial services industries. In addition, he advises clients on EU State aid, anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations and on EU sanctions. Borsos graduated summa cum laude from Eötvös Loránd University in 2004.
Elaine Chao (Corporate, Power and Renewables / Singapore) – Chao’s areas of practice include renewable energy and infrastructure projects, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate/commercial transactions. She has advised developers, investors and government agencies in connection with the development, financing, construction and operation of infrastructure and energy-related projects. Chao received her LL.M. from King’s College London in 2000.
Evan M. D’Amico (Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions / Washington, D.C.) – D’Amico advises companies, private equity firms, boards of directors and special committees in connection with a wide variety of complex corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs and joint ventures. He also advises public companies on federal securities laws and corporate governance matters. D’Amico graduated cum laude in 2008 from Harvard Law School, where he served as an executive technical editor for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
Joshua D. Dick (Litigation / San Francisco) – Dick has significant experience litigating a broad range of matters in both state and federal courts, at the trial and appellate levels. He has successfully represented clients throughout the United States and abroad in multiple areas of the law including, antitrust, unfair competition law, false advertising, products liability, constitutional challenges, the securities and commodities acts, regulatory enforcement and compliance, the Stored Communications Act, the Communications Decency Act, trade secrets misappropriation, tort claims, legal malpractice, and general business disputes. He graduated cum laude in 2004 from University of Michigan Law School, where he served as an associate and articles editor for the Journal of Law Reform.
Russell H. Falconer (Litigation, Appellate / Dallas) – Falconer has extensive experience representing clients who operate in heavily regulated industries, including broker-dealers, airlines, electric utilities, investment firms, and pharmaceutical companies. He has played a substantial role in a wide range of high-stakes appeals, trials, and litigation. Falconer graduated in 2009 with highest honors from The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, where he was the Grand Chancellor of his class and served as a member of the Texas Law Review.
Nancy Hart (Litigation / New York) – Hart is a complex commercial litigator principally focused on law firm defense matters, and has successfully defended high-stakes legal malpractice cases and disqualification motions for law firms across the United States. She also has significant experience representing clients in a wide range of matters including complex contract disputes, corporate control contests, securities litigation, and shareholder actions alleging breaches of fiduciary duties, in state and federal courts, at both the trial and appellate levels, as well as in domestic and international arbitrations. She graduated magna cum laude in 2003 from Boston College Law School, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif.
Michael Holecek (Litigation, Class Actions / Los Angeles) – Holecek’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation both in the trial court and on appeal. He has first-chair trial experience and has successfully tried to verdict both jury and bench trials, and he has successfully argued numerous appeals. Holecek graduated with high honors in 2011 from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif.
Dhananjay S. Manthripragada (Litigation / Los Angeles) – Manthripragada has extensive experience defending companies in complex litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country, from pre-trial demands through trial, arbitration, or settlement, and on appeal. Manthripragada graduated in 2007 from the UCLA School of Law, where he served as chief comments editor and an articles editor for the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.
Ilissa Samplin (Litigation, Media, Entertainment and Technology / Los Angeles) – Samplin is a complex commercial litigator who focuses on high-stakes entertainment and technology disputes. She has extensive experience representing entertainment and technology companies in breach of contract, copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters, and also maintains a robust intellectual property counseling practice. Samplin graduated in 2011 from Stanford Law School, where she served as a managing editor for the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance. She clerked for Judge Joseph F. Bianco, then of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Michael A. Titera (Corporate, Securities Regulation / Orange County) – Titera’s practice focuses on advising public companies regarding securities disclosure and compliance matters, financial reporting, and corporate governance. Titera often advises clients on accounting and auditing matters and the use of non-GAAP financial measures. He graduated in 2009 from the UCLA School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.
Lorna Wilson (Tax / Los Angeles) – Wilson’s practice focuses on federal income tax matters, including corporate and partnership tax matters in both the United States and international contexts. She has extensive experience in tax planning for real estate transactions, including advising on investments in real estate by U.S. and non-U.S. investors. She graduated in 2007 from the UCLA School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif.