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A View from the Bench September 9, 2024

A View from the Bench – Episode 6 – What Can Win or Lose Your Case at Trial

Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa draw on their experience as both trial lawyers and judges to share their perspectives on what can help to win — or lose — a case at trial.

Accolades September 6, 2024

Lawdragon Names 51 Partners Among its 2025 500 Leading Litigators in America

Lawdragon named 51 partners to its 2025 500 Leading Litigators in America guide, which highlights “the best litigators the U.S. has to offer.”

Accolades August 15, 2024

Eleven Gibson Dunn Lawyers Named Lawyers of the Year for 2025

The Best Lawyers in America® named eleven Gibson Dunn lawyers as the 2025 Lawyer of the Year in their respective practice areas and cities

Client Alert July 1, 2024

Fifth Circuit Finds SEC’s “About-Face” On Proxy-Firm Disclosure Rule Arbitrary And Capricious

A unanimous Fifth Circuit panel vacated the SEC’s 2022 rescission of its 2020 proxy firm disclosure rule because the SEC failed to explain why the factual findings that supported the 2020 Rule were incorrect.

Client Alert May 24, 2024

Texas Supreme Court Holds Courts Cannot Certify Issue Classes Unless Underlying Claim Is Certifiable

The Texas Supreme Court held that courts cannot sever discrete issues for class treatment if the underlying claim doesn’t meet Rule 42’s class certification requirements.

A View from the Bench April 16, 2024

A View from the Bench – Episode 5 – Evidentiary Rules with (Ret.) Judge Paul Grimm

Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by the Hon. Paul Grimm, a former trial lawyer and judge in the U.S. District Court in Maryland who left the bench in 2022.

A View from the Bench February 28, 2024

A View from the Bench – Episode 4 – Sentencing with (Ret.) Judge Nancy Gertner

Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by the Hon. Nancy Gertner, who in 1994 was appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, where she served until retiring in 2011 to teach at Harvard Law School.

A View from the Bench February 8, 2024

A View from the Bench – Episode 3 – The Future of Civil Jury Trials with (Ret.) Judge Mark Drummond

Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by retired Judge Mark A. Drummond, a former trial lawyer who subsequently served as a judge for 20 years, to discuss the value of civil jury trials, and describe and debate several innovations that are being introduced to civil jury trials, such as jurors asking questions, lawyers providing daily summations, expert witnesses testifying back-to-back, jurors discussing evidence before deliberation, and judges limiting the length of trials.