Kory Hines is a senior litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Kory’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation. He has substantial experience in a broad range of subject areas, including trade secret disputes, defamation and breach-of-contract matters, civil rights actions, and internal investigations. In particular, Kory has significant experience litigating class actions involving consumer protection, data privacy, securities, and wage-and-hour claims.
Kory has litigated in a wide variety of federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels, including various federal district courts and courts of appeals as well as state courts in California, Delaware, and New York. He has successfully argued motions and appeals.
Kory’s practice spans all phases of litigation, from pre‑suit investigations and pleadings through dispositive motions, appeals, and settlements. Kory is also often deeply involved in all aspects of discovery. He regularly works with clients and vendors on complex preservation and e-discovery matters, written and expert discovery, and discovery dispute briefing. Kory has taken and defended both fact and expert depositions.
Kory’s representative matters include:
- Representing Meta Platforms, Inc. in a collection of high-stakes data privacy class actions.
- Representing C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC in multiple breach-of-contract litigations.
- Representing Apple Inc. in a multi-district class action involving consumer protection claims.
- Represented Archer Aviation Inc. in bet-the-company litigation involving trade secret and defamation claims.
- Represented Amazon.com, Inc. in employment litigation and investigations.
- Represented the University of Southern California in mass action litigation based on alleged employee misconduct.
- Represented J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. in a wage-and-hour class action.
- Represented many companies and corporate boards in confidential internal investigations.
Kory maintains an active pro bono practice as well. He has led Gibson Dunn teams that successfully obtained asylum in the United States for refugees. Kory has also argued an appeal in New York state court, obtaining a rare reversal of an indigent defendant’s criminal conviction.
Kory received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2017, where he was a managing editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. During law school, he externed for the Honorable Gerard E. Lynch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Honorable Esther Salas of the District of New Jersey, and the Honorable Vera M. Scanlon of the Eastern District of New York.
Before law school, Kory worked as a legislative aide in the Wisconsin State Senate after earning his B.A. with distinction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2013.
Kory is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Class Actions
- Crisis Management
- Labor and Employment
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Securities Litigation
- Tech and Innovation
- Technology Litigation
Credentials
Education:
- Columbia University - 2017 Juris Doctor
- University of Wisconsin - 2013 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar