Andrew Kasabian is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where his practice focuses on complex commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels.  He is a member of the firm’s Litigation, Class Actions, Appellate and Constitutional Law practice groups.

Mr. Kasabian represents clients in a wide range of litigation in federal and state courts.  He has represented clients in breach-of-contract, employment, and consumer class actions, as well as other commercial and business disputes.  Mr. Kasabian has worked with clients in a variety of industries, including technology, sports and entertainment, “gig economy,” real estate, consumer products, and retail.

Recent matters include:

• Represented home warranty company in dozens of consumer arbitrations and served as first- or second-chair in several trials.
• Obtained from the Ninth Circuit interlocutory review of an order granting class certification, and then reversal of the certification ruling and affirmance of denial of separate certification ruling.
• Representing major technology company before the California Court of Appeal, seeking to defend a $3 billion jury verdict in client’s favor.
• Representing global music company in putative class action brought by recording artists concerning copyright termination.
• Obtained voluntary dismissal of nationwide putative consumer class action against a home warranty company.
• Representing investment funds and related individuals in adversary proceedings after one of the funds’ portfolio companies was placed into bankruptcy.
• Representing real estate investor and developer against general partner of various multifamily housing complexes.
• Representing various gender rights organizations as amici before the California Supreme Court.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Kasabian served as a law clerk to the Honorable Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable William B. Shubb of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Mr. Kasabian graduated summa cum laude and as salutatorian from Pepperdine University School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and Order of the Barristers, and was the recipient of the Pepperdine Award as the third-year law student who best represents the values of Pepperdine Law School.  While in law school, Mr. Kasabian served as Editor-in-Chief of the Pepperdine Law Review, was a member of the award-winning Interschool Appellate Advocacy Team, and served as a legal extern to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  He graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine University in 2013.

Mr. Kasabian is admitted to practice in California and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.