Adam J. Garnick is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Patty Shwartz of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Adam earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, served as an editor on the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and taught first-year legal writing. He also dedicated significant time to immigrant rights advocacy, serving as president of Penn Law Immigrant Rights Project and spending a summer representing asylum seekers in Dilley, Texas.
Prior to law school, Adam taught English to university students in Budapest, Hungary, through the Fulbright Program. He also taught U.S. History and coached basketball in Dallas, Texas, as a Teach for America corps member, during which time he earned a Master of Education from Southern Methodist University. Adam received his Bachelor of Arts and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania.
Adam is a member of the New York bar. He is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and Eastern District of New York.
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Labor and Employment
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Securities Litigation
- Technology Litigation
- Trials
Credentials
Education:
- University of Pennsylvania - 2021 Juris Doctor
- Southern Methodist University - 2017 Master of Education
- University of Pennsylvania - 2015 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, Southern District of New York, Hon. Naomi Reice Buchwald, 2023 - 2024
- US Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, Hon. Patty Shwartz, 2022 - 2023