​Samuel Eckman is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He is a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law and Class Actions practice groups.

Mr. Eckman was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 and 2023 “Ones to Watch” in Appellate Practice.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Eckman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Honorable Alex Kozinski, then-Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Eckman graduated with High Honors from The University of Chicago Law School in 2013.  While there, he served as Editor-in-Chief of The University of Chicago Law Review, and was selected as a Kirkland & Ellis Scholar and as a member of the Order of the Coif.  He also was awarded a John M. Olin Student Fellowship in Law and Economics, and a Bradley Family Foundation Fellowship.