Andrew Kilberg is an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law, Administrative and Regulatory, Labor and Employment, Sports Law, and Litigation practice groups.

Mr. Kilberg represents clients in a wide range of appellate, regulatory, and complex litigation matters across a variety of industries in front of both federal and state courts and agencies.  Mr. Kilberg also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Representative matters:

• Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC, No. 17-1107 et al. (3d Cir.): Representing the National Association of Broadcasters in defending the FCC Commission’s repeal or modification of an array of restrictive and outdated local media ownership rules.
• Mozilla Corp. v. FCC, No. 18-1051 et al. (D.C. Cir.): Representing CTIA–The Wireless Association in defending the FCC’s repeal of its “net neutrality” regime.
• Cedar Band of Paiutes v. U.S. Dep’t of Hous. & Urban Dev., No. 4:19-cv-30-DN (D. Utah): Representing American Indian tribe and its instrumentalities in challenge to mortgagee letter.
• Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. v. Dep’t of Labor, 885 F.3d 360 (5th Cir. 2018): Vacated U.S. Department of Labor’s “fiduciary” rule, among the most controversial regulations ever adopted in the financial services industry.
• Won arbitration for the NFL Players Association against the NFL Management Committee that resulted in reinstatement of full disability benefits for a retired player.

Representative pro bono matters:

• Counsel of record in pending appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of asylum to a family of Central American immigrants.
• Biel v. St. James School, No. 17-55180 (9th Cir.): Counsel of record for amici curiae Church of God in Christ, Inc. and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America in support of a Catholic school in significant ministerial exception case.
• Lee v. Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church of Philadelphia, 903 F.3d 113 (3d Cir. 2018): Counsel of record for amici curiae Church of God in Christ, Inc., mPact Churches, Plymouth Brethren, and Bishop William H. Stokes in support of a historic African American congregation’s successful use of ministerial exception to defend against claims brought by former pastor.
• First Presbyterian Church U.S.A. of Tulsa, Okla. v. Doe, No. 18-500 (U.S.): Wrote amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Stewards Ministries in support of a petition for certiorari posing important religious autonomy questions.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Kilberg clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Mr. Kilberg received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as Articles Development Editor of the Virginia Law Review.  He received an M. Phil. in Historical Studies from the University of Cambridge and graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in History from Princeton University.