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Accolades June 17, 2025

Partners Sarah Graham and Ilissa Samplin Named Entertainment Business Visionaries by Los Angeles Times

Partners Sarah Graham and Ilissa Samplin are among the Entertainment Business Visionaries invited to “take a well-earned and overdue bow” by the Los Angeles Times in its special issue The Envelope.

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 April 7, 2025

Benyamin Ross, Ilissa Samplin, and Orin Snyder Among Hollywood’s Power Lawyers 2025

Gibson Dunn partners Benyamin Ross, Ilissa Samplin, and Orin Snyder are among The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers 2025: Hollywood’s top 100 attorneys

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 June 28, 2024

Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda Named Among Los Angeles Times Inaugural Entertainment Business Visionaries

The Los Angeles Times recognized Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda among its Entertainment Business Visionaries list, which features, “uniquely talented visionaries” whose “expertise fuels the engines that drive the industry forward.”

Accolades June 12, 2024

Benyamin Ross and Orin Snyder Named to Hollywood Reporter’s 2024 Top 100 Power Lawyers

The Hollywood Reporter has named Benyamin Ross and Orin Snyder to its 2024 Power Lawyers list, which features 100 of “the entertainment industry’s most powerful legal advocates.”

Accolades June 12, 2024

Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2024 U.S. Legal 500

Gibson Dunn earned 62 practice area rankings, including 19 top-tier rankings in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 – United States.