Alex Boudreau is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Alex was a law clerk for the Honorable Ellen Lipton Hollander in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
He received his law degree from Yale Law School in 2021. Prior to law school, Alex worked at a political consulting and public affairs firm in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2014, where he received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude.
Alex is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, as well as before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Andrew Gorin is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he currently practices in the firm’s Real Estate Department.
He received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2021, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as a Senior Editor of the Berkeley Business Law Journal. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Andrew served as a law clerk to the Honorable Stephen V. Wilson of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2017.
Andrew is admitted to practice law in the State of California.
Aaron Gyde is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he clerked for the Honorable Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Honorable Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Aaron received his law degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. While in law school, he served as a managing editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and was a teaching assistant in Civil Procedure. Aaron also externed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Department of Labor.
He graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in Social Studies. Prior to law school, Aaron was a strategy consultant and litigation support specialist in the mobile technology industry.
Aaron is a member of the bar in the District of Columbia and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
David Reck is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.
David earned his J.D. from Washington University School of Law (St. Louis) in 2021. While in law school, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Washington University Law Review and served in the Washington University Appellate Law Clinic. David earned his undergraduate degree in political science, summa cum laude, from Truman State University (MO).
Prior to joining the firm, David clerked for the Honorable Judge David Ebel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
David is admitted to practice law in the State of Colorado.
Claire Santiago is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP where she currently practices in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group.
Claire received her Juris Doctor in 2020 from Stanford Law School, where she served as the Managing Editor for the Stanford Technology Law Review. Prior to law school, Claire received a B.S. in Biology & Society, cum laude, from Cornell University.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Claire was a law clerk to Chief Judge Juan R. Sánchez in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Claire also worked at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in their Litigation Group prior to her clerkship.
Claire is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Horatiu Dumitru is an English-qualified associate in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, practising in the firm’s Litigation and International Arbitration Groups.
Horatiu has broad experience of commercial litigation, international arbitration and regulatory investigations. He trained at Gibson Dunn before qualifying as an associate at the firm.
Siham Freihat is a dual-qualified associate in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Disputes Resolution Group.
Siham has broad experience of international arbitration and commercial litigation.
She trained at Gibson Dunn, where she gained her admission as a solicitor in England & Wales. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Siham trained at a top-tier firm in Jordan, and has gained her admission to practice in Jordan.
She is fluent in Arabic and English.
Al Suarez is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Al practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, where he focuses on intellectual property, international trade, and antitrust matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Al served as law clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and the Honorable Circuit Judge Jimmie V. Reyna of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
He earned his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2015 and his BA from Southern Methodist University in 2011.
Al is admitted to practice in the State of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas.
Kevin Reilly is a member of several of Gibson Dunn’s practice groups including Litigation, Securities Litigation, Media, Entertainment and Technology, Transnational Litigation, and White Collar Defense and Investigations. He regularly contributes to motion practice and discovery efforts for high-stakes commercial, employment, securities, and bankruptcy-related litigation matters. Kevin plays an active role in white-collar investigations for major clients of the firm.
He also maintains an active pro bono practice advocating on behalf of artists, immigration clinics, and victims of police brutality.
Kevin graduated from New York University School of Law in 2020 where he served as an Executive Editor on the Review of Law and Social Change Journal, and externed for the Honorable Patty Shwartz of the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and the Honorable Freda L. Wolfson of the United States District Court, District of New Jersey. He also spent a semester advocating on behalf of the Institute of Policy Integrity as a Regulatory Policy Clinic at NYU Law. Kevin received his Bachelor of Arts in Government & Politics and Journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2016.
He is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Anthony Gingerelli is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices with the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.
Anthony received his Juris Doctor magna cum laude and received Order of the Coif honors from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he served on the Executive Board of the Seton Hall Law Review and was a member of the Interscholastic Moot Court Board. He graduated from Bucknell University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting & Financial Management. While at Bucknell University, Anthony was a member, and senior captain, of the baseball team.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he practiced with the firm Alston & Bird LLP as a member of the Real Estate Finance & Investment Group.
Anthony is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.
Imani Forbes is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of Gibson Dunn’s Labor and Employment Practice Group.
She represents employers in labor and employment matters, including disputes regarding discrimination, retaliation and harassment. Imani also regularly advises clients on best employment practices under federal, state and local law.
Imani received her Juris Doctor in 2019 from Columbia Law School, where she served as Diversity Editor of the Columbia Law Review and Editor and award winning participant of the National Black Law Students Association Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition. She received her Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations, from Cornell University.
Imani is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Sean Rhinehart is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Sean was a real estate associate at Duval & Stachenfeld LLP. He earned his Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School in 2018, where he served as a member of the International Law Review. Sean graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Marketing in 2015.
He is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Salah Hawkins is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the Firm’s Litigation; Labor and Employment; Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation; and Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice Groups.
His practice focuses on a broad-range of high-stakes litigation matters in both federal and state courts. He has experience managing and litigating cases involving media and entertainment, technology, antitrust, class action, mass torts, regulation of public utilities, workplace safety, bankruptcy, sensitive internal and governmental investigations and contract disputes. Across a broad-range of sectors, Salah has experience advising clients, including high-level executives and boards of directors, on litigation and investigation strategy and has experience negotiating settlements of complex cases.
From 2015 to 2016, Salah was a law clerk for the Honorable Johnnie B. Rawlinson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and from 2016-2017 was a law clerk to the Honorable Margo K. Brodie of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
He received his Juris Doctor in 2015 from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where he was a Dean’s Fellowship Scholar and research assistant for Professor Eleanor Swift, contributing author to the leading treatise on evidence in federal courts. At Berkeley Law, Salah won an American Jurisprudence Award for earning the highest grade in his Civil Trial Practice class, was named an Outstanding Attorney in the 2012 Bales Mock Trial Competition and won a national championship in the American Bar Association’s 2015 Mock Trial Competition. He received a dual Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Widener University in 2010.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Salah practiced in the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
He is admitted to practice in the State of New York as well as before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Megan R. Murphy is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department.
Megan earned her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an Executive Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. While in law school, Megan served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Susan G. Braden on the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Before attending law school, she served as an Appellate Litigation Fellow in the Division of Appeals and Opinions of the New York Attorney General’s Office.
Megan received a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Hamilton College. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received concentration honors in Government.
Megan is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Theodore Kristek is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, focusing on white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, antitrust law, congressional investigations, and complex commercial litigation.
He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2019, where he was a member of the Criminal Defense Clinic and the editorial board of the Virginia Journal of International Law. He graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Economics and in Foreign Affairs.
Theodore is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Fahad Ali is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.
Fahad earned his law degree summa cum laude in 2021 from the University of California, Irvine, where he was a Research Fellow for Professor Henry Weinstein’s First Year Lawyering Skills course and a Research Assistant to Professor Gregory Shaffer. While in law school, he served as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable Troy L. Nunley of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California and was on the Executive Board for the International Refugee Assistance Project.
Prior to law school, Fahad worked at the California State Auditor’s Office, where he conducted performance audits for the California state legislator, reviewing various state agencies and cities to ensure compliance with laws and regulations and foster efficient use of public funds. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Merced, with honors, in 2012.
He is admitted to practice in the State of California.
Keira Su is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York) in Hong Kong and is an associate. She is a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group.
Keira’s practice focuses on advising Asia-based private fund sponsors on the formation of private investment funds and related regulatory and compliance issues. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Keira worked in the Hong Kong office of another international law firm.
Keira graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2016 and from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2020. She is admitted to practice in New York and is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York) in Hong Kong.
She is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
Kim Ferrari Vallot is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Real Estate Department.
Kim earned her Juris Doctor degree summa cum laude from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she received the Irvin J. Kahn Award for excellence in Real Property courses. While in law school, she served as the 2019-2020 Daniel J. Curtin Fellow for the American Planning Association Planning and Law Division. Prior to law school, Kim earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy and a Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development from Tulane University.
She is admitted to practice law in the State of California.
Deena Najjar is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.
Ms. Najjar earned her law degree cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as an Editor for the Georgetown Law Journal. She graduated with High Distinction from UC Berkeley, earning degrees in Political Science and Legal Studies.
Ms. Najjar is admitted to practice in the State of California.
Avery Nelson is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Real Estate Department.
Avery earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where she served as a Senior Editor of the Southern California Law Review. While in law school, she was President of the Real Estate Law Society and served as a Teaching Assistant for Transactional Due Diligence. Prior to law school, Avery earned her Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Florida.
She is admitted to practice law in the State of California.