Ester Cross is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Ester clerked for the Honorable Michael B. Brennan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Ester earned her J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where she received a Kirkland & Ellis Leadership Award. She holds a DPhil in Comparative International Politics from the University of Oxford. And she graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College, where she studied government and French.
She is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia.
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Credentials
Education:
- University of Chicago - 2024 Juris Doctor
- University of Oxford - 2022 Doctor of Philosophy
- Dartmouth College - 2015 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- District of Columbia Bar
Clerkships:
- US Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, Hon. Michael B. Brennan, 2024 - 2025