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Press Releases

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Litigation Partner Deborah Stein Joins Gibson Dunn in Los Angeles

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Deborah L. Stein has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Stein, formerly with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, will continue representing clients in their most significant commercial litigation matters.

January 24, 2019

Former U.S. House General Counsel Thomas Hungar Returns to Gibson Dunn’s D.C. Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas G. Hungar has returned as a partner to the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. After serving for the past two and a half years as General Counsel for the U.S.

January 23, 2019

Leading Energy Transactions Partner Jerry Farano Joins Gibson Dunn in Denver

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Gerald (Jerry) P. Farano has joined the firm as a partner in the Denver office. Farano, formerly with Jones Day, will continue his energy transactions practice.

January 14, 2019

Gibson Dunn Adds Litigation Partner Shireen Barday to the New York Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Shireen Barday has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Barday, formerly with Kirkland & Ellis, will continue her commercial litigation practice.

January 10, 2019

Gibson Dunn Launches Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Group

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has launched a new practice group focused on artificial intelligence and automated systems.

December 17, 2018

Gibson Dunn Promotes 17 Lawyers to Partnership

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has elected 17 new partners, effective January 1, 2019. “We would like to congratulate our new partners on this important professional achievement,” said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn.

November 26, 2018

Gibson Dunn Launches Betting and Gaming Practice

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has launched a new practice group focused on betting and gaming. This multi-discipline and multi-jurisdictional practice group will handle complex litigation, regulation and compliance, and corporate and real estate transactions.

November 8, 2018

Gibson Dunn Adds Former Prosecutor Ralf van Ermingen-Marbach in Munich

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Ralf van Ermingen-Marbach has joined the firm as of counsel in the Munich office. Van Ermingen-Marbach’s addition continues the expansion of Gibson Dunn’s German compliance and white collar practice.

November 5, 2018

Gibson Dunn Adds PCAOB Enforcement Attorney in Washington, D.C.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that David C. Ware has joined the firm as of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on government investigations and enforcement actions, internal investigations, and litigation in the areas of auditing and accounting, securities fraud, and foreign corruption.

July 27, 2018

Securities Litigator Michael Celio Joins Gibson Dunn in Silicon Valley

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Celio has joined the firm as a partner in the Palo Alto office. Formerly a partner with Keker, Van Nest & Peters in San Francisco, he will continue to focus on securities litigation, white collar defense and securities enforcement.

July 9, 2018

Gibson Dunn Appoints Litigation Partners Thomas H. Dupree, Jr. and Cynthia Richman to Lead the D.C. Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has named litigation partners Thomas H. Dupree, Jr. and Cynthia Richman as Co-Partners in Charge of the Washington, D.C. office, effective July 1, 2018.

July 5, 2018

Gibson Dunn Appoints Partners Jay Srinivasan and Peter Wardle to Lead the Los Angeles and Century City Offices

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has named antitrust partner Jay Srinivasan and capital markets partner Peter Wardle as Co-Partners in Charge of the Los Angeles and Century City offices, effective July 1, 2018.

July 5, 2018

Gibson Dunn Adds Appellate Partner Allyson Ho to Dallas Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Allyson N. Ho has joined the firm in Dallas as a partner. Formerly a partner with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, she will continue her appellate practice at Gibson Dunn.

June 4, 2018

Gibson Dunn Strengthens Private Equity and M&A Practices With Four Corporate Partners

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that George Stamas, Mark Director, Andrew Herman, and Alexander Fine have joined the firm as partners.

May 17, 2018

Real Estate Finance Partner Kahlil Yearwood Joins Gibson Dunn in San Francisco

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Kahlil T. Yearwood has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner. Yearwood, formerly with Dechert LLP, continues his real estate finance practice at Gibson Dunn.

May 4, 2018

Ashley Judd Files Suit To Hold Harvey Weinstein Accountable For His “Highly Reprehensible and Despicable” Misconduct

Actor, writer, activist and humanitarian Ashley Judd today filed a lawsuit against producer Harvey Weinstein in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, asserting claims for defamation, sexual harassment, interference with prospective economic advantage, and violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law.

April 30, 2018

Gibson Dunn Appoints Corporate Partner Hardeep Plahe to Lead the Dubai Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has named corporate partner Hardeep Plahe as Partner in Charge of the Dubai office. Hardeep, a cross-border transactional lawyer, succeeds Paul Harter, who will continue his corporate practice.

April 30, 2018

Former Federal Prosecutor M. Kendall Day Joins Gibson Dunn as a Partner in D.C.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that M. Kendall Day will join the Washington, D.C. office of the firm. He was most recently an Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General with the U.S.

April 23, 2018

Leading Investment Funds Lawyers John Fadely and Albert Cho to Join Gibson Dunn’s Hong Kong Office

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that John Fadely and Albert Cho will join the firm as partners in the Hong Kong office. Fadely and Cho will join Gibson Dunn’s Investment Funds Group from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where they advised sponsors of private investment funds – including buyout, growth capital, real estate, debt, distressed and credit opportunities funds – co-investment vehicles and separately managed accounts.

April 5, 2018

Gibson Dunn Announces Annual Pro Bono Award Winners

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the winners of the firm’s annual team and individual Frank Wheat Memorial Awards. Every year, Gibson Dunn presents its Frank Wheat award to lawyers in the firm who obtain significant results for their pro bono clients and demonstrate leadership and initiative that serve as inspiration to others.

February 27, 2018