Allison Burns is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.
Allison earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2022, where she served as an Online Editor for the Virginia Law Review and a member of the Editorial Board for the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law. While in law school, Allison received the Bracewell Oral Advocacy Award and served as the President of the UVA Black Law Students Association, a team leader for the Migrant Farmworkers Project, and an extern for the Atlanta Legal Aid Society.
Allison graduated summa cum laude from Howard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. At Howard, Allison was a Founders Scholar, a member of the Honors Program, and a Phi Beta Kappa inductee.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Allison served as a law clerk to the Honorable Leslie Abrams Gardner, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia and to the Honorable DeAndrea Gist Benjamin of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Allison is admitted to practice in the State of Texas and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Class Actions
- Crisis Management
- Intellectual Property
- Labor and Employment
- Trials
Credentials
Education:
- University of Virginia - 2022 Juris Doctor
- Howard University - 2019 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- Texas Bar
Clerkships:
- US Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, Hon. DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, 2024 - 2025
- USDC, Middle District of Georgia, Hon. Leslie Abrams Gardner, 2022 - 2024