August 15, 2022
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Jonathan Bond has rejoined the firm as a partner following a five-year term in public service. Bond is rejoining the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group after serving as an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the Office of the Solicitor General. Bond will be Gibson Dunn’s fifth active partner that has served in the Office of the Solicitor General, including Theodore B. Olson, Miguel Estrada, Thomas G. Hungar, and Matthew D. McGill.
“We are delighted to have Jonathan back and rejoining our world-class appellate practice,” said Barbara L. Becker, Chair and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “The practice continues to grow and attract best-in-class talent for both the trial and appellate stages of litigation for clients in all sectors of industry. Jonathan’s return further cements the firm’s dominance as an appellate powerhouse into the next generation.”
“Jonathan is an exceptional appellate lawyer, who is incredibly bright and talented,” said Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., Co-Chair of the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group and Co-Partner-in-Charge of the Washington, D.C. office. “He has developed a robust, well-rounded Supreme Court and appellate practice during his time in private practice and in the public sector. His government experience has only enhanced his capabilities, knowledge and credentials. Lawyers like Jonathan will ensure that we continue to attract and deliver on the most high-stakes litigation at all levels.”
“Jonathan continues Gibson Dunn’s strong tradition of lawyers with distinguished records in public service returning to private practice to put their skills to work for our clients,” said Allyson Ho, Co-Chair of the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group. “With 10 U.S. Supreme Court arguments under his belt along with experience advising on significant cases across the country, Jonathan is a formidable appellate litigator and we’re delighted to welcome him back home to Gibson Dunn.”
“It was a privilege to serve as an Assistant to the Solicitor General, and I’m very excited to be returning to Gibson Dunn,” said Bond. “The firm’s award-winning Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group is recognized as one of the leading practices in the country, and I’m thrilled to continue my practice where it began.”
About Jonathan Bond
Prior to rejoining the firm, Bond served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the Office of the Solicitor General from 2017 to 2022. During his tenure, he argued 10 cases in the U.S. Supreme Court involving issues of administrative law, employment discrimination, patents, federal taxation, debt collection, criminal law, immigration, and Medicare reimbursement. While in government, he prepared briefs in more than 180 Supreme Court cases involving a diverse range of federal issues, including many with substantial administrative law components, and advised the Solicitor General regarding appellate strategy in numerous matters in lower courts nationwide.
Before that, Bond was a partner in Gibson Dunn’s D.C. office, where he practiced from 2010 to 2017. He served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia from 2009 to 2010, and prior to that clerked for Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 2008 to 2009.
Bond graduated first in his class in 2008 from The George Washington University Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as senior articles editor for The George Washington Law Review.