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Jesse A. Cripps

Jesse
Cripps

Partner

CONTACT INFO

jcripps@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 213.229.7792

FAX:+1 213.229.6792

Los Angeles

333 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 USA

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PRACTICE

Labor and Employment Appellate and Constitutional Law Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Jesse A. Cripps is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment, Litigation and Class Action Practice Groups.

Mr. Cripps has handled the full range of labor and employment matters under both federal and state law, specializing in the defense of high-risk, complex and class action employment litigation.  His successes include defeating class and collective action certification, securing the dismissal of class action claims on the pleadings, and securing a variety of merits-based victories at the trial court and appellate levels.

Mr. Cripps has a wide-range of courtroom experience, including state and federal jury trials. He has tried class action employment claims to resolution and has first-chair success in individual employment arbitrations and high-stakes administrative hearings.  He has successfully argued several times before the California Court of Appeal and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, resulting in favorable published opinions for his clients.

His representative matters include the defense of statewide and nationwide employment class actions, the representation of employers in high-stakes non-compete and trade secret disputes, and the defense of discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblowing claims.  Mr. Cripps also represents employers in matters involving reductions in force, family and medical leave, federal contract compliance, and occupational safety and health.  In addition to his courtroom experience, Mr. Cripps also spends time counseling clients on preventative planning under state and federal laws.

Benchmark Litigation named Mr. Cripps as a 2019 “Labor & Employment Star” and he is routinely recognized as a leading employment lawyer by Chambers USA, Law360, Los Angeles and Law & Politics magazines.  He has been named one of “California’s Top Labor & Employment Lawyers” by the Daily Journal, and his work has been featured among its list of “Top Verdicts” and “Top Appellate Reversals.”  Mr. Cripps was also recognized for Labor & Employment (Litigation) in the Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers 2022 guide, which features “the nation’s top advisors to businesses, universities, nonprofits and other organizations dealing with the mind-bending matrix of today’s global workforce.”

He has served on the Executive Committee for the Los Angeles County Bar Association Counsel for Justice, as Board Chair for the Hillsides organization, and as a faculty member for Lawyers Without Borders in Kenya.  Mr. Cripps speaks regularly on employment issues, including programs and presentations for the California Employment Law Council, Strafford, Bridgeport, Bloomberg BNA, and various Fortune 500 companies.

He graduated summa cum laude from Pepperdine Law School in 2002, where he served as Note and Comment Editor for the Pepperdine Law Review.  He is also a contributor to the Gonzaga Law Review and Employment Discrimination Law (settlement chapter) (BNA), as well as California Lawyer magazine.

Mr. Cripps is admitted to practice in the State of California.

EDUCATION

Pepperdine University - 2002 Juris Doctor

Pepperdine University - 1997 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - August 15, 2022 | Lawdragon 500 2022 Names 20 Gibson Dunn Partners Top Employment Lawyers
Firm News - June 29, 2022 | Jesse Cripps, Michele Maryott and Katherine Smith Named Among California’s Top Employment Lawyers for 2022
Firm News - February 11, 2022 | Three Gibson Dunn Cases Named Top Verdicts of the Year 2021
Client Alert - February 11, 2022 | Congress Implements Restrictions on Employment Agreements That Require Arbitration of Sexual Assault or Harassment Claims
Firm News - November 15, 2021 | Fourteen Gibson Dunn Partners Named Top Employment Lawyers
Firm News - June 30, 2021 | Jesse Cripps Named Among California Top Employment Lawyers for 2021
Client Alert - January 12, 2021 | 2020 Year-End California Labor and Employment Update
Firm News - December 11, 2020 | Eleven Gibson Dunn Partners Named Top Employment Lawyers
Client Alert - April 6, 2020 | Important Considerations in Implementing Workforce Furloughs
Firm News - July 10, 2019 | Three Gibson Dunn Partners Named Among California’s Top Labor & Employment Lawyers for 2019
Firm News - April 2, 2019 | Six Gibson Dunn Partners Named Top Employment Lawyers
Publications - November 26, 2018 | California Court of Appeal Decision Creates Uncertainty Regarding the Continued Enforceability of Employee Non-Solicitation Provisions
Article - September 17, 2018 | Update On Calif. Immigrant Worker Protection Act
Firm News - July 18, 2018 | Jesse Cripps and Michele Maryott Named Among California’s Top Labor & Employment Lawyers
Client Alert - July 6, 2018 | Update on California Immigrant Worker Protection Act (AB 450)
Firm News - June 21, 2018 | Gibson Dunn Partners Named Top Employment Lawyers
Article - October 21, 2015 | Summary Judgment Strategies In Class, Collective Actions
Client Alert - December 2, 2014 | New California State Law Requiring California Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave
Client Alert - December 2, 2014 | Overview of New Key 2015 Legislation for California Employers
Client Alert - June 25, 2013 | U.S. Supreme Court Reaffirms Enforceability of Class Arbitration Waivers
Client Alert - March 8, 2013 | California Supreme Court Allows Employer Time “Rounding” Practice Ruling to Stand
Client Alert - December 27, 2012 | New Requirements for Commission-Based Employees Who Provide Services in California
Client Alert - June 26, 2012 | Lidow v. Superior Court: In Employment Law Context, California Declines to Apply Delaware’s Corporate Internal Affairs Doctrine
Client Alert - June 19, 2012 | In a Ruling with Important Implications for Courts’ Deference to Agencies, U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Department of Labor Position on Overtime for “Outside Sales” Employees
Client Alert - February 1, 2012 | A New Battlefield
Client Alert - January 9, 2012 | California Supreme Court Rejects Strict Application of “Administrative/Production Worker” Dichotomy
Client Alert - April 27, 2011 | U.S. Supreme Court Finds That Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Are Enforceable Under the Federal Arbitration Act
Client Alert - December 9, 2009 | Second Circuit Issues Wage-Hour “Administrative/Production Dichotomy” Decision Out of Step with Other Circuits
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