Our firm, its practices, departments and lawyers receive frequent recognition, ranking us among the world’s best in industry surveys and major publications. We are proud of these honors and believe that they demonstrate the breadth, depth and excellence of Gibson Dunn. We invite you to browse recent news involving our firm.
Gibson Dunn is ranked No. 4 on The American Lawyer’s most prestigious survey, the 2016 A-List, an annual ranking of “20 firms that excel in four vital areas: financial success, pro bono commitment, diversity and associate satisfaction.” The American Lawyer noted that Gibson Dunn’s 14-point improvement in its overall score came from increases in its pro bono, associate satisfaction and diversity scores.
August 1, 2016
Sanctuary for Families has named New York partner Mylan Denerstein to its Board of Directors. As New York’s leading service provider and advocate for survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking and related forms of gender violence, Sanctuary for Families provides a wide range of support to survivors of gender violence including shelter, clinical, and legal services; children’s and youth programs; economic empowerment programming; as well as training and advocacy.
July 22, 2016
The Daily Journal named Los Angeles partners Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Catherine Conway, Jesse Cripps, and Orange County partner Michele Maryott to its 2016 list of Top Labor and Employment Lawyers.
July 20, 2016
Law360 named Gibson Dunn to its 2016 Global 20 list, which features “the 20 law firms that have the biggest global presence and handled the largest, most groundbreaking international and cross-border matters over the past year.” The firm’s profile [PDF] was published on July 19, 2016.
July 19, 2016
Silicon Valley Business Journal has named Palo Alto associate Jeana Bisnar Maute to its 40 Under 40 list for 2016. Winners are chosen for their leadership and impact in their respective fields.
July 15, 2016
Billboard named Century City partner Scott Edelman to its list of the Music Industry’s Top Lawyers 2016, featuring “41 of the top legal minds in the music business.” This list was published on July 15, 2016.
July 15, 2016
The Am Law Litigation Daily named Orange County partner Jeffrey Thomas as its Litigator of the Week [PDF] for winning a $3 billion jury verdict for Hewlett-Packard in a breach of contract suit against Oracle Corp., following a five-week trial.
July 7, 2016
The Asset has named PT Medco E&P Tomori Sulawesi’s US$200 million pre-production financing as Indonesian Project Finance Deal of the Year at its annual Asia Infrastructure Awards.
June 30, 2016
At its annual awards, The Lawyer named Gibson Dunn the winner in the International Law Firm of the Year category. The judges said: “Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s clear strategy both globally and in the UK is delivering results, positioning the firm at the very top of the market.” The Lawyer noted that “The firm showed results based on a clear strategy of building a broad-based, international disputes and transactional offering in London on a US platform.” The event was held in London on June 29, 2016.
June 29, 2016
Legal Week has named London partners Osma Hudda and Allan Neil to its Rising Stars in Litigation list, which profiles “the up-and-coming litigation stars at UK top 50 and top international firms in London.” Hudda and Neil's [PDFs] profiles were published on June 28, 2016.
June 28, 2016
Sports Business Journal named Gibson Dunn a “Premier” Sports Law practice in its Power Players: Outside Counsel [PDF] feature. SBJ noted that the “team at Gibson Dunn doesn’t shy from the spotlight” and highlighted Washington, D.C. partners Andrew Tulumello and Theodore Olson’s representation of Tom Brady in his Deflategate appeal, among others, and New York partner Richard Birns’ representations of YES Network in its sale of an approximately 80 percent stake to Fox, and agent Arn Tellem in his move to become vice chairman of Palace Sports & Entertainment.
June 27, 2016
Gibson Dunn was part of the winning team for Stanford Law School and Diversity Lab’s inaugural Women in Law Hackathon [Press Release], a team pitch competition comprised of partners from 54 different law firms, designed to tackle the recruitment, advancement, and retention of women in law firms.
June 24, 2016
Four Gibson Dunn partners were recognized in the 2016 Guide to World-Class Employment Lawyers by Human Resource Executive (HRE) magazine and Lawdragon, an online legal directory.
June 17, 2016
Gibson Dunn earned 44 practice area rankings, including 14 top-tier rankings in the 2016 edition of The Legal 500 – United States, and 21 partners were named Leading Lawyers in their respective practices.
June 15, 2016
Century City partner Ruth Fisher and San Francisco partner Mary Murphy were named the best lawyers in their respective practice areas at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s fifth annual Americas Women in Business Law Awards.
June 10, 2016
Ten Gibson Dunn lawyers were featured in Who’s Who Legal’s M&A and Governance 2016 guide. Washington, D.C. partners Elizabeth Ising, Brian Lane, Ronald Mueller and John Olson were selected for Corporate Governance.
June 7, 2016
The National Law Journal ranked Gibson Dunn as one of the top 10 intellectual property practices nationally in its 2016 Intellectual Property Hot List [PDF]. Gibson Dunn was recognized for securing a jury verdict victory for T-Mobile USA after a three-week trial "in a case when the plaintiff has already prevailed against two defendants on similar set of facts." The list recognized 15 law firms that "set the bar in intellectual property law in 2015, scoring big wins for clients." The issue published on June 6, 2016.
June 6, 2016
Gibson Dunn was recognized by IAM Patent 2016 among the top patent practices in California, New York, Texas and Washington, D.C. Based on positive feedback from peers and clients, the guide additionally named eight Gibson Dunn partners to its list of the “world’s leading patent professionals”: Century City partner Wayne Barsky, Dallas partners Tracey Davies and Mark Reiter, New York partners Benjamin Hershkowitz and Josh Krevitt, Orange County partner William Rooklidge, and Washington, D.C. partners Brian Buroker and Mark Perry.
May 27, 2016
In its 2016 edition, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business awarded Gibson Dunn 77 first-tier rankings, of which 27 were firm practice group rankings and 50 were individual lawyer rankings.
May 27, 2016
At its annual USA Awards, Chambers and Partners named Gibson Dunn the winner in the Corporate Crime & Government Investigations category and named partner Debra Wong Yang the winner in the Litigation: White-Collar Crime (Individuals) category.
May 26, 2016