Samuel Eckman is a partner 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.

Samuel has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Appellate Practice (2022-2024).

Before joining the firm, he 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.

Samuel 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.

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Credentials

Education:
  • University of Chicago - 2013 Juris Doctor
  • University of Pittsburgh - 2008 Bachelor of Science
  • University of Pittsburgh - 2008 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
  • California Bar
Clerkships:
  • US Supreme Court, Hon. Antonin Scalia, 2014 - 2015
  • US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, Hon. Alex Kozinski, 2013 - 2014