June 19, 2012
Gibson Dunn earned 40 practice area rankings, including six top-tier rankings, in the 2012 edition of The Legal 500 – United States, and 12 partners were named Leading Lawyers in their respective practices.
The firm achieved first-tier rankings in the following categories:
The partners named as Leading Lawyers are Hatef Behnia – Domestic Tax: West Coast; Theodore Boutrous – Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate; Patrick Dennis – Industry Focus: Environment Litigation; Scott Knutson – Domestic Tax: West Coast; Dennis Friedman – Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Large Deals ($1bn-$5bn); Jonathan Layne – Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Large Deals ($1bn-$5bn); Randy Mastro – Litigation: Leading Trial Lawyers; Daniel Mummery – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing; Stephen Nordahl – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing; Theodore Olson – Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate; Eugene Scalia – Labor and Employment Litigation; and Jesse Sharf – Real Estate.