Profile Picture

Robert A. Batista

Robert
Batista

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

TEL:+1 202.887.3618

FAX:+1 202.831.6112

Washington, D.C.

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-5306 USA

PRACTICE

Litigation Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Appellate and Constitutional Law Public Policy

BIOGRAPHY

Robert Batista is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, and is a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law practice group and the Administrative Law and Regulatory practice group.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Batista served as a law clerk to Judge Steven M. Colloton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and Judge Trevor N. McFadden on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Mr. Batista graduated cum laude  from Harvard Law School, where he was the Supervising Chair of the Harvard Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

Mr. Batista is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia.

EDUCATION

Harvard University - 2018 Juris Doctor

Yale University - 2015 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - June 29, 2023 | Supreme Court Holds That U.S. Trademark Infringement Claims Must Be Based On Domestic Use In Commerce
Article - April 21, 2023 | In Axon, Justices Continue Reining In Administrative State
Client Alert - April 14, 2023 | Supreme Court Holds That Federal District Courts Have Jurisdiction To Hear Structural Challenges To FTC And SEC
Client Alert - June 13, 2022 | Supreme Court Holds That Parties To Private Foreign Or International Arbitrations Cannot Seek Discovery Assistance From U.S. Courts
Client Alert - February 24, 2022 | Supreme Court Holds That A Mistake Of Law Can Excuse An Inaccurate Copyright Registration
Client Alert - June 21, 2021 | Supreme Court Holds That Sherman Act Bars NCAA From Limiting Education-Related Benefits For Student-Athletes
Client Alert - May 17, 2021 | Supreme Court Holds That Anti-Injunction Act Does Not Bar Pre-Enforcement Challenges To Reporting Mandates Backed By Both Tax Penalties And Criminal Punishment
Client Alert - April 1, 2021 | Supreme Court Declines To Extend Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s Coverage Of Automatic Telephone Dialing Systems
Client Alert - February 11, 2021 | 2020 Year-End ERISA Disputes Update
Client Alert - January 21, 2021 | Biden Administration Issues Rulemaking Freeze and New Orders Governing the Regulatory Process