Esther Lifshitz is a litigation Of Counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, antitrust actions, and internal and regulatory investigations.
She has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in the areas of Commercial Litigation (2021 - 2025) and Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2024 - 2025).
Esther received her Juris Doctor in 2014 from University of Chicago Law School, where she was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. In 2010, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Columbia University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Esther served as a law clerk to the Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Before that, she was a litigation associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York.
Esther is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Publications:
- Co-Author, The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s Valuation Regulation in Bankruptcy: Entitled to Chevron Deference or Arbitrary and Capricious, 20 U. Pa. J. Bus. L. 247 (2017).
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Antitrust and Competition
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Crisis Management
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Securities Litigation
- Tech and Innovation
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Credentials
Education:
- University of Chicago Law School - 2014 Juris Doctor
- Columbia University - 2010 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, Eastern District of New York, Hon. Eric N. Vitaliano, 2017 - 2018