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Samuel D. Adkisson

Samuel
Adkisson

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

sadkisson@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 346.718.6722

FAX:+1 346.718.6978

Houston

811 Main Street, Suite 3000, Houston, TX 77002-6117 USA

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PRACTICE

Litigation Appellate and Constitutional Law Crisis Management Global Trial International Arbitration White Collar Defense and Investigations

BIOGRAPHY

Samuel Adkisson is a litigation associate in the Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Adkisson served as a law clerk to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Honorable Amul R. Thapar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Honorable Gregory G. Katsas of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Mr. Adkisson received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal and the Yale Journal on Regulation.  He also served as Co-President of the Trial Advocacy Team and was awarded the John Currier Gallagher Prize for his performance in the championship trial of Yale’s Thomas Swan Barristers’ Union.  As a law student, Mr. Adkisson argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, securing a favorable decision for his client.

Mr. Adkisson graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University and received the American Mock Trial Association’s All-American Attorney Award in 2015.

Prior to clerking, Mr. Adkisson practiced law at a nationally recognized litigation boutique and worked for the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Adkisson is admitted to practice in Virginia and Texas.

EDUCATION

Yale University - 2018 Juris Doctor

Vanderbilt University - 2015 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

Texas Bar

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