Jamila MacEbong is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  She is a member of the Litigation, Class Action and Appellate Practice Groups.  Ms. MacEbong represents clients in all facets of complex litigation in federal and state courts, as well as in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. MacEbong served as a law clerk to Judges Dorothy W. Nelson and Richard A. Paez of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2021-22), and as a law clerk to former Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (2020-21).  She also worked at an AmLaw 50 law firm in Los Angeles and was recognized by The National Black Lawyers (NBL) in 2019 as a “Top 40 Under 40” lawyer in California.

Ms. MacEbong received her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2018.  While in law school, she served as an Appellate Branch Director for Berkeley’s Moot Court Team, a research assistant to Distinguished Professor of Law Erwin Chemerinsky, and a judicial extern to the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.  Ms. MacEbong received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California, Riverside in 2015 where she was a Division I basketball player.

Ms. MacEbong is a member of the California Bar.  She is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, and Central Districts of California.

Ms. MacEbong has represented a broad range of clients in significant civil litigation matters including*:

• Defended a major mobile telecommunications company in a consumer class action asserting various Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violations.
• Defended an arbitration on behalf of a leading beverage manufacturer, defeating over $30 million in alleged damages and securing a $2 million arbitral award in favor of the client.
• Defended numerous consumer class actions involving allegations of fraud, unfair and unlawful business practices, false advertising, the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), and other statutory and common-law claims.
• Settled a putative class action and an individual case alleging Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations in procuring credit reports.
• Achieved a favorable settlement on behalf of a prominent medical practice and its minority shareholder in both derivative and direct lawsuits in California state court.
• Defended a prominent university in a dispute with its accrediting agency.

*Ms. MacEbong advised on these matters prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.