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Gregory J. Kerwin

Gregory
Kerwin

Partner

CONTACT INFO

gkerwin@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 303.298.5739

FAX:+1 303.313.2829

Denver

1801 California Street, Suite 4200, Denver, CO 80202-2642 USA

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PRACTICE

Litigation Antitrust and Competition Appellate and Constitutional Law Energy Oil and Gas Securities Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Gregory J. Kerwin is a litigation partner in Gibson Dunn’s Denver office, experienced in handling major trials and appeals. He served as Partner-in-Charge of the Gibson Dunn Denver office from 1998 to 2003. He has been ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading litigation lawyer every year since 2007. Additionally, Mr. Kerwin has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2013 for his work in Appellate, Commercial, and Securities Litigation practices.

Mr. Kerwin handles complex commercial disputes in trial and appellate courts with emphasis on securities, antitrust, and business tort and contract disputes. He has served as lead or second-chair in approximately 20 jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations, and has argued and briefed many cases in the Colorado appellate courts, Tenth Circuit and Ninth Circuit. Besides extensive work in state and federal court in Colorado, Mr. Kerwin has represented clients in trial courts in 17 other states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.

Through his litigation work, Mr. Kerwin has become familiar with diverse industries including: oil and gas exploration, production, and pipelines; coal, rare earth, and gold mining; telecommunications; satellite television; avionics; investment banking; accounting; financial services; commercial lending; insurance; computer software and hardware; car rental; wholesale food distribution; restaurants; trucking and truck stops; medicine; emergency medical services; and health care.

Mr. Kerwin graduated magna cum laude from the Duke University School of Law in 1984. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Duke Law Journal from 1983 to 1984, and worked as a law clerk for Judge James K. Logan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from 1984 to 1985. Mr. Kerwin received his bachelor’s degree in history from Colorado College, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1981.

Mr. Kerwin wrote chapters on appellate standards of review and preparing certiorari petitions in A. Gill, Colorado Appellate Law and Practice (West 2d ed. 2016). He co-chaired seminars on Colorado appellate practice in 1997 and 1999 and was a speaker or moderator on Colorado appellate practice at programs in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013, and 2014. He and a Gibson Dunn colleague co-authored the chapter on Tenth Circuit practice for the  American Bar Association Council of Appellate Lawyers’ Appellate Practice Compendium: Insiders Guide to State and Federal Appellate Courts (2012). He currently serves as Counselor of the Tenth Circuit Historical Society, with past service as Chairman, President, Vice President, and Board Member. He has helped organize many history programs for the Historical Society. From 2014-2020, he served as a member of the Board of Advisors for IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System.

EDUCATION

Duke University - 1984 Juris Doctor

Colorado College - 1981 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

Colorado Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - June 1, 2023 | Gibson Dunn Earns 108 Top-Tier Rankings in Chambers USA 2023
Firm News - August 15, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Lawyers Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America® 2020
Client Alert - July 21, 2011 | Defending Actions In The United States Arising From Alleged Foreign-Based Torts
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