Christine Buzzard is of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Christine served as a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Judge Richard J. Sullivan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She also served as an Attorney-Adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel at the United States Department of Justice, where she received the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service and acquired substantial expertise in complex administrative, regulatory, and separation of powers issues.
Christine earned her J.D. from Yale Law School in 2013, where she served as an Editor on the Yale Law Journal, Executive Editor and Managing Editor of the Yale Journal on Regulations, and Membership Director of the Yale Federalist Society. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010, with a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree in both Management and Marketing from the Wharton School, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Christine is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. She is also a member of the bars of the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- Yale University - 2013 Juris Doctor
- University of Pennsylvania - 2010 Bachelor of Arts
- University of Pennsylvania - 2010 Bachelor of Science- Economics
Admissions:
- District of Columbia Bar
- Pennsylvania Bar
Clerkships:
- US Supreme Court, Hon. Clarence Thomas, 2022 - 2023
- US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit, Hon. Janice Rogers Brown, 2016 - 2017
- USDC, Southern District of New York, Hon. Richard J. Sullivan, 2015 - 2016