Gabrielle Levin is a litigation partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  Her practice focuses on representing corporate clients in employment and complex commercial litigation matters.

Ms. Levin is recognized as a leader in the field of labor and employment.  Benchmark Litigation recognizes her as a “Labor & Employment Star” and has also named her to its “Under 40 Hot List,” which honors the achievements of the nation’s most accomplished legal partners of the age of forty or younger.  In addition, Ms. Levin has been named as a “Next Generation” lawyer by The Legal 500 US and a Law360 “Rising Star.”

Ms. Levin’s practice includes the defense of employers in Sarbanes-Oxley and other whistleblower protection litigation, discrimination and retaliation claims, executive compensation disputes, restrictive covenant and trade secret litigation, and wage and hour class actions. She has first-chaired jury trials in federal court and led the defense of employers in arbitrations.

Recent representative matters include:

• Won motion to dismiss putative class action asserting reverse citizenship discrimination claims against Meta Platforms, Inc.
• Led trial team in overturning whistleblower retaliation verdict on appeal for UBS (Trevor Murray v. UBS Securities (S.D.N.Y. and 2d Cir.)).
• Won unanimous jury verdict for HSBC in retaliation case brought by senior executive under Title VII, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law (Picarella v. HSBC (S.D.N.Y.)).
• Defended UBS in litigation of Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation case. First-chaired defense team at trial in federal court  (Murray v. UBS (S.D.N.Y.)).
• Defeated compensation claim brought by former executive of large financial institution after a 5-day arbitration (FINRA).
• Obtained victory for large financial institution after 10-day arbitration proceeding with former employee who asserted claims for breach of contract, Dodd-Frank whistleblowing, and defamation (JAMS).
• Won summary judgment for UBS in whistleblower retaliation suit brought by former financial advisor (Price v. UBS Financial Services (D.N.J.)).
• Won motion to dismiss drug testing class action, in first of its kind decision interpreting New York City’s marijuana testing statute (Thomas v. Amazon (E.D.N.Y.)).
• Won motion to dismiss racial discrimination class action (Smalls v. Amazon (S.D.N.Y.)).
• Defeated attempts by large public company to obtain preliminary injunction prohibiting former employees from working for competitor based on alleged theft of trade secrets and alleged violations of restrictive covenants.
• On behalf of audit committee of publicly-traded company, conducted internal investigation of employee complaints of gender discrimination and hostile work environment.

Ms. Levin also has significant experience representing public companies in class actions.  She has successfully defended companies such as UBS, Eastman Kodak, Molycorp, Nevsun Resources, The First American Corporation, and Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. in obtaining dismissal of or otherwise resolving class action litigation matters.

Ms. Levin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2006, where she was an Editor of the Law Review, and received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002.

Ms. Levin is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the States of New York and Connecticut.  She serves on the board of directors of The HOPE Program, a non-profit focused on empowering New Yorkers to overcome poverty though skills training, jobs, and career advancement.