Jeff Liu

Jeff Liu is a senior litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice groups. Jeff has briefed appeals in nearly every federal court of appeals, drafted cert- and merits-stage briefs at the Supreme Court, and spearheaded dispositive motions briefing in complex civil litigation. 

Representative matters include:

• Persuaded the Pennsylvania Superior Court to vacate an unprecedented $1 billion judgment against Mitsubishi Motors North America in a single-plaintiff car crash case. Amagasu v. Fred Beans Fam. of Dealerships, 352 A.3d 998 (Pa. Super. 2025).
• Secured major appellate victories for clients on a wide range of issues, including Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Pinckney v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 127 F.4th 516 (4th Cir. 2025), federal subject-matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Blasket Renewable Investments, LLC v. Kingdom of Spain, 112 F.4th 1088 (D.C. Cir. 2024), and statutory limits under the Internal Revenue Code, 3M Co. v. Commissioner, 154 F.4th 574 (8th Cir. 2025). 
• Secured complete grant of summary judgment for Monsanto on state tort claims related to Monsanto’s production of polychlorinated biphenyls. City of E. St. Louis v. Monsanto Co., 2026 WL 548024 (S.D. Ill. Feb. 27, 2026).

Jeff also maintains an active pro bono practice. Highlights include:

• Successfully argued copyright appeal in the Ninth Circuit, securing vacatur of a maximum statutory damages award for willful copyright infringement and remand for a new jury trial. Erickson Prods., Inc. v. Kast, 2023 WL 2783243 (9th Cir. Apr. 5, 2023).
• Argued in the Federal Circuit on behalf of a veteran seeking benefits for service-connected disabilities. 
• Represented amici in briefing before the Supreme Court in cases involving the Federal Tort Claims Act, Martin v. United States, 605 U.S. 395 (2025), the First Amendment, Gonzalez v. Trevino, 602 U.S. 653, 655 (2024), and qualified immunity, Villarreal v. Alaniz, 145 S. Ct. 368 (2024). 
• Represented amicus in the Fifth Circuit in successful challenge to the SEC’s stock buyback rule.  Chamber of Com. of United States v. United States Sec. & Exch. Comm’n, 85 F.4th 760 (5th Cir. 2023).

Before joining the firm, Jeff served as an attorney-adviser in the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, where he prepared legal advice for the President and executive branch agencies on a range of statutory and constitutional questions. He was previously a law clerk to the Honorable Carlos T. Bea of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Jeff earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor on the Stanford Law Review and earned the Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize for his contributions in the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. He graduated summa cum laude with a dual degree in Chemical Engineering and Philosophy from Auburn University.

Jeff is admitted to practice law in California and the District of Columbia, as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, D.C., and Federal Circuits, and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Capabilities

• Appellate and Constitutional Law
• Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice

Credentials

Education:

• Stanford University - 2018 Juris Doctor
• Auburn University - 2015 Bachelor of Science
• Auburn University - 2015 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• California Bar
• District of Columbia Bar