Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2025 U.S. Legal 500
Accolades | June 11, 2025
The Legal 500
Gibson Dunn earned 60 practice area rankings, including 17 top-tier rankings, in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 – United States.
Individually, the firm achieved 17 Hall of Fame rankings, which recognize individuals who consistently receive outstanding client feedback for continued excellence. Additionally, the firm achieved 52 Leading Partners rankings, as well as nine Next Generation Partner rankings and one Leading Associate ranking.
- Antitrust – Cartel
- Antitrust – Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution – Appellate: Courts of Appeal
- Dispute resolution – Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal)
- Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates
- Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution – International litigation
- Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense
- Energy – Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment – Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment – Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms – Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms – Outsourcing
- Real estate – Land use/zoning
- Real estate – Real estate
- Real estate – Real estate finance
- Transport – Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Theodore Boutrous – Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Michael P. Darden – Energy – Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Patrick Dennis – Environment – Environment: litigation
- Scott Edelman – Media, technology and telecoms – Media and entertainment: litigation
- Scott Greenberg – Restructuring (including bankruptcy)
- Scott Hammond – Antitrust – Cartel
- Peter Hanlon – Energy – Energy transactions: electric power
- Jane Horvath – Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Perlette Michèle Jura – Dispute resolution – International litigation
- Mary Murphy – Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
- Stephen Nordahl – Media, technology and telecoms – Outsourcing
- Tomer Pinkusiewicz – Finance – Project finance
- Jesse Sharf – Real estate
- Jesse Sharf – Real Estate Finance
- Daniel Swanson – Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- F. Joseph Warin – Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Michael Weinberger – Real Estate Finance
The following practice groups include partners recognized as leading partners:
- Cartel
- Cynthia Richman
- Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Rachel Brass
- Cynthia Richman
- Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Miguel Estrada
- Allyson Ho
- Thomas Hungar
- Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals
- Reed Brodsky
- General commercial disputes
- Theodore Boutrous
- Orin Snyder
- International arbitration
- Rahim Moloo
- International litigation
- Andrea Smith
- Leading Trial Lawyers
- Orin Snyder
- Barry Berke
- M&A litigation: defense
- Brian Lutz
- Securities litigation: defense
- Brian Lutz
- Monica Loseman
- Energy regulation: electric power
- William Hollaway
- Energy transactions: electric power
- Nicholas Politan
- Energy transactions: Renewable/alternative power
- Nicholas Politan
- Environment: litigation
- Stacie Fletcher
- Daniel Nelson
- Capital markets: debt offerings
- Andrew Fabens
- Douglas Horowitz
- Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Douglas Horowitz
- Commercial lending
- Douglas Horowitz
- Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Michael Cohen
- Life Sciences
- Ryan Murr
- Advice to insurers
- Heather Richardson
- Deborah Stein
- Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Josh Krevitt
- Brian Rosenthal
- Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Adam Smith
- Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Jason Schwartz
- Katherine Smith
- M&A: large deals ($1 billion+)
- Barbara Becker
- Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500 million+)
- Richard Birns
- Media and entertainment: litigation
- Orin Snyder
- Ilissa Samplin
- Media and entertainment: transactional
- Benyamin Ross
- Steve Tsoneff
- Outsourcing
- Daniel Angel
- William Peters
- Technology transactions
- Daniel Angel
- Land use/zoning
- Amy Forbes
- Real estate
- Eric Feuerstein
- Real estate finance
- Aaron Beim
- Kahlil Yearwood
- Noam Haberman
- Krystyna Blakeslee
- U.S. taxes: contentious
- Saul Mezei
- U.S. taxes: non-contentious
- Pamela Lawrence Endreny
- Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Thomas Dupree Jr.
Next Generation Partners & Leading Associates
- Sarah Graham – Media, technology and telecoms – Media and entertainment: transactional
- Meghan Hungate – Media, technology and telecoms – Outsourcing
- Meghan Hungate – Media, technology and telecoms – Technology Transactions
- Ilissa Samplin – Intellectual property – Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Madalyn Miller – Transport – Aviation and air travel: finance
- Michael Perry – Antitrust – Merger control
- Ankita Ritwik – Dispute resolution – International arbitration
- Molly Senger – Labor and employment – Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- C. Terrell Ussing – Tax – US taxes: contentious
- Edward Wei – Tax – US taxes: non-contentious