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Accolades April 10, 2025

Eight Gibson Dunn Partners Named Top Hollywood Entertainment Lawyers in Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2025

Gibson Dunn partners Brian Ascher, Theodore Boutrous, Sarah Graham, Kevin Masuda, Benyamin Ross, Ilissa Samplin, Orin Snyder, and Steve Tsoneff have been recognized in Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2025 as being among Hollywood’s top entertainment lawyers — lawyers who, while “dealing with progressively more jarring cycles of disruption,” still “keep working on behalf of their clients

Accolades March 7, 2025

Lawdragon Names 16 Partners Among its 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers 2025

Lawdragon named 16 partners to its inaugural 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers 2025 guide, which honors “lawyers at the forefront of one of the hottest practices around – advising those who shape what we view, read and admire.”

Accolades December 19, 2024

Four Gibson Dunn Partners Named to Variety’s 2024 Dealmakers Impact Report

Sarah Graham, Kevin Masuda, Benyamin Ross and Steve Tsoneff were named to Variety’s 2024 Dealmakers Impact Report, honoring Hollywood’s leading dealmakers who “helped create some of the biggest headlines of the year.”

Accolades December 19, 2023

Tiaunia Henry and Steve Tsoneff named among Leading Professionals in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Business Journal named Los Angeles partner Tiaunia Henry and Century City partner Steve Tsoneff to its “Thriving in their 40s: LA’s Leaders of Influence” list.

Accolades December 14, 2023

Four Gibson Dunn Partners Named to Variety’s 2023 Dealmakers Impact Report

Century City partner Steve Tsoneff and Los Angeles partners Sarah Graham, Kevin Masuda and Benyamin Ross were named to Variety’s 2023 Dealmakers Impact Report, honoring Hollywood’s leading dealmakers who “kept the industry on course in a turbulent year.”

Accolades April 21, 2022

Eight Partners Named to Variety’s 2022 Legal Impact Report

Variety has named Century City partners Scott Edelman and Steve Tsoneff, Los Angeles partners Kevin Masuda, Benyamin Ross, and Ilissa Samplin, New York partners Brian Ascher and Orin Snyder, and Orange County partner Michelle Gourley to its 2022 Legal Impact Report.

Firm News January 3, 2022

Entertainment Lawyer Steve Tsoneff, Former General Counsel & Head of Business Affairs at Madison Wells Media, Returns to Gibson Dunn

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Steve Tsoneff has returned to the firm as a partner …