Lafayette Matthews is an associate attorney in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.
Lafayette received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 2023, where he served as an Executive Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. While in law school, Lafayette interned at the United States Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division and at the Americans United for the Separation of Church & State.
Lafayette graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and certificates in American Studies and Gender & Sexuality Studies.
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Class Actions
- Crisis Management
- Labor and Employment
- Law Firm Defense
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Trials
Credentials
Education:
- Georgetown University - 2023 Juris Doctor
- Princeton University - 2017 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar