Hugh Danilack is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Danilack clerked for the Honorable Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for the Honorable James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Mr. Danilack received his law degree cum laude from Harvard Law School. While in law school, he served as a Managing Editor on the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and was a member of the Harvard Federalist Society. He graduated summa cum laude with an B.A. in Government and minors in Public Policy and Moral Philosophy from Dartmouth College. At Dartmouth he was Phi Beta Kappa, captain of the Dartmouth varsity soccer team, and was awarded the Barrett All-Round Achievement Cup.
Mr. Danilack is a member of the bars of Maryland and the District of Columbia, and he is admitted to practice before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and D.C. Circuits.
Capabilities
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort
- International Trade
- National Security
- Tech and Innovation
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Credentials
Education:
- Harvard University - 2020 Juris Doctor
- Dartmouth College - 2015 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- District of Columbia Bar
- Maryland Bar
Clerkships:
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Hon. Laurence H. Silberman, 2021 - 2022
- US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Hon. James C. Ho, 2020 - 2021