Patrick J. Fuster

Patrick J. Fuster 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.

Before joining the firm, Patrick served as a law clerk to the Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, the Honorable Vince Girdhari Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and the Honorable Paul J. Watford of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

He graduated with Highest Honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 2018, where he was selected as a Kirkland & Ellis Scholar and as a member of the Order of the Coif. Patrick also served as managing editor of The University of Chicago Law Review and as a student member of the Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2014, where he received a degree in economics with high distinction.

Patrick is admitted to practice law in the State of California as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California.

Capabilities

• Appellate and Constitutional Law
• Class Actions
• Litigation

Credentials

Education:

• University of Chicago - 2018 Juris Doctor
• University of California - Berkeley - 2014 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• California Bar

Clerkships:

• US Supreme Court, Hon. John G. Roberts, Jr., 2020 - 2021
• USDC, Northern District of California, Hon. Vince G. Chhabria, 2019 - 2020
• US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, Hon. Paul J. Watford, 2018 - 2019