Arjun Ogale

Arjun Ogale is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn.

Arjun represents clients in complex and time-sensitive business litigation. He has significant experience at the trial level, including in managing discovery, taking and defending depositions, and preparing witnesses for examination. He also has considerable experience with high-stakes briefing—including in three cases before the Supreme Court of the United States and multiple matters before the Supreme Court of Texas.

Representative matters:

• Co-led associate team and helped deliver a clean sweep trial victory—winning a $46 million verdict and defeating every counterclaim—in a high-stakes breach of contract and fiduciary duty case. Directed depositions, argued key motions, managed discovery and briefing, and prepared witnesses for trial. Texas Lawbook profiled the victory, and the American Lawyer selected it as Runner-Up for Litigators of the Week.  GCP Cici’s v. Dharod, No. DC-24-01196. (Dallas Cty. Dist. Ct.).
• Assisted with briefing and argument preparation in unanimous Supreme Court victory in case holding that an insurer with financial responsibility for bankruptcy claims is a party in interest with a right to be heard in reorganization proceedings. Team named Law360 Legal Lions of the Week. Truck Ins. Exch. v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., 602 U.S. 268 (2024).
• Won partial grant of mandamus on venue transfer from Fifth Circuit in case involving business disparagement claims against nonprofit organization. In re Media Matters, --- F.4th ---- (5th Cir. 2025). In an earlier appeal in the case, helped persuade Fifth Circuit to grant stay of discovery order pending interlocutory appeal on First Amendment grounds. X Corp. v. Media Matters for Am., 120 F.4th 190 (5th Cir. 2024).

Arjun also has an active pro bono docket focused on criminal justice and civil rights. His team received the Gibson Dunn’s 2024 Frank Wheat Team Pro Bono Award for its efforts in securing parole for a woman facing a lengthy sentence in Texas state prison. In another matter, he contributed to a favorable civil settlement for a woman who was the victim of a violent race-based attack.

Before joining the firm, Arjun clerked for the Honorable Gregg J. Costa of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He also worked as a fellow at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, where he successfully argued a case before the D.C. Court of Appeals and helped author an amicus brief joined by over 20 states in a landmark Supreme Court election-law case. 

Arjun received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review. At graduation, he was elected to Order of the Coif, and his student note won the Roger and Madeleine Traynor Prize for best written work. Arjun also graduated summa cum laude from Texas Tech University with an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering.

Capabilities

• Litigation
• Appellate and Constitutional Law
• Energy Regulation and Litigation
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Intellectual Property
• Trials
• White Collar Defense and Investigations

Credentials

Education:

• University of Virginia - 2021 Juris Doctor
• Texas Tech University - 2017 Bachelor of Science

Admissions:

• District of Columbia Bar
• Texas Bar

Clerkships:

• US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Hon. Gregg Costa, 2021 - 2022