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Blake E. Lanning

Blake
Lanning

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

TEL:+1 202.887.3794

FAX:+1 202.530.4238

Washington, D.C.

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-5306 USA

PRACTICE

Labor and Employment Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Appellate and Constitutional Law Litigation Public Policy

BIOGRAPHY

Blake Lanning is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.  He is a member of the Labor and Employment and Administrative Law and Regulatory practice groups.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Lanning worked on administrative law and labor and employment matters while serving as a Special Assistant to Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia.  Mr. Lanning has also served as a law clerk to Judge Stanley Marcus of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and as Counsel to Senator Mike Lee on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

He earned his B.A. with Highest Distinction from Indiana University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and from which he graduated magna cum laude.

EDUCATION

Harvard University - 2017 Juris Doctor

Indiana University - 2014 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - April 25, 2023 | President Biden Issues Executive Order Making Important Changes to How Agencies Weigh the Costs and Benefits of Regulatory Actions
Client Alert - October 11, 2022 | Department of Labor Initiates Rulemaking to Revise Its Interpretation of Who Qualifies as an Independent Contractor Under the FLSA
Client Alert - July 29, 2021 | Department of Labor Initiates Rulemaking to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour for Federal Contractors
Client Alert - April 7, 2021 | New York State Legalizes Recreational Marijuana, Places Limits on Employers’ Ability to Take Drug Use Into Account When Making Employment Decisions