Grace Hart is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, the Labor & Employment Practice, and the Media, Entertainment & Technology Practice.

Ms. Hart’s practice focuses on employment litigation and complex commercial litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts.  She has represented clients in a wide range of employment law matters, including those involving discrimination and anti-retaliation laws, trade secrets and non-competition agreements, and wage-and-hour laws.  In addition, she has represented clients in the media, entertainment, and technology industries in contract, trade secret, and other intellectual property disputes.

Representative matters include:

• Representing leading online retailer in litigation in New York state and federal court concerning COVID-19 workplace safety.
• Represented satellite company in a breach of contract and unjust enrichment action, including a bench trial in federal court.
• Won summary judgment for healthcare technology company and its founders in lawsuit filed by early investor alleging breach of contract and fraud and seeking equity in the company.
• Briefed successful motion to dismiss arbitration demand on the pleadings on behalf of healthcare technology company in arbitration filed by former consultant.
• Representing social media company and its founders in founder’s dispute.
• Representing information technology and consulting company in putative class action alleging reverse racial discrimination.
• Representing leading online retailer in putative class action alleging racial discrimination and retaliation.

Ms. Hart also maintains an active pro bono practice.  She has represented a tenant in filing a Fair Housing Act action in federal court, obtaining a temporary restraining order and securing a favorable settlement, and has represented clients in immigration appeals before the Second Circuit and Ninth Circuit.  She has also represented numerous clients in amicus briefs filed in courts around the country, including the United States Supreme Court.  In addition, she provides pro bono employment counsel to non-profit organizations.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Hart served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert D. Sack of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Carol B. Amon of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Ms. Hart received her Juris Doctor in 2016 from Yale Law School, where she served as a Notes Editor of the Yale Law Journal and received the Thomas I. Emerson prize for distinguished paper on a subject related to legislation.  Ms. Hart received her Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 2013, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Ms. Hart is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits.