Allen Kathir is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation department, and his practice focuses on intellectual property litigation. Allen has experience litigating a broad range of technologies, including representing mobile telecommunications providers and medical device manufacturers. He also maintains an active pro bono practice representing non-profit organizations in intellectual property matters.

Before joining the firm, Allen was an Assistant Public Defender with the Miami Public Defender’s office where he tried over ten jury trials. He previously clerked for Judge Todd M. Hughes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Prior to his clerkships, he was a litigation associate at Covington & Burling LLP.

Allen received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, where he is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society.

He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Florida, New York, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Hazel Chuang is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Hazel earned her law degree in 2019 from the UCLA School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, she served as Judicial Extern to the Honorable Paul L. Abrams, United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California, and to Justice Laurie D. Zelon of the California Court of Appeal for the Second District. Hazel was also a writing advisor in the legal research and writing program and a managing editor of the Asian Pacific American Law Journal. Prior to law school, she graduated magna cum laude from University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Psychology and Social Behavior.

Hazel is admitted to practice law in the State of California and before the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Isabella Sayyah is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

From 2020 to 2021, Isabella served as a law clerk for the Honorable Dale S. Fischer of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

She earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2019. While in law school, Isabella served as a Notes Editor for the Stanford Law Review and as a student attorney in Stanford’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and Print Journalism from the University of Southern California, where she graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Isabella is admitted to practice law in the State of California.

Brian Yang is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Brian earned his law degree cum laude in 2019 from the University of Michigan Law School, where he served as Executive Editor of the Michigan Technology Law Review. During law school, he was a Student Attorney for the Child Welfare Appellate Clinic and the Environmental Law Clinic.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with high distinction.

Brian is admitted to practice law in the state of California.

Emil Natanson Nachman is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

He received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Emil also holds a Master of Science in Molecular Genetics and a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cell Biology with Honors, both from the University of Toronto. He works with the Appellate and Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Life Science, and General Commercial Litigation practice groups, as well as a number of pro bono clients.

Seton Hartnett O’Brien is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law practice group.

Her practice focuses on a broad range of high-stakes constitutional, complex commercial, appellate, and employment litigation.

Among other representative matters, Seton was a core team member in two ground-breaking victories before the United States Supreme Court. The first was The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York v. Cuomo, a successful free exercise challenge to onerous State-imposed restrictions on in-person church attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic. That representation yielded a landmark Supreme Court decision that one commentator described as “one of the two most significant religion cases of the past 30 years.” The second was a successful constitutional challenge to New York State’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium brought on behalf of a group of small New York landlords and the Rent Stabilization Association of NYC, Inc. According to data published by Reuters, the Supreme Court’s decision granting an emergency injunction pending appeal in that case marked the first time the Court granted such relief to private litigants outside the religious liberties context since the inception of the pandemic, with nearly 100 prior applications having been denied.

Seton maintains an active pro bono practice where she represents immigration clients seeking protection through asylum, VAWA, or DACA. She was also the senior associate representing the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association, New Jersey Chapter, in obtaining enforcement of a settlement agreement that provides COVID-19 related protections to immigration attorneys appearing in Newark Immigration Court. Seton was awarded a Litigator of the Week Shout Out by The American Lawyer for this victory.

From 2017 to 2018, she served as law clerk to the Honorable Katharine S. Hayden of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. From 2018 to 2019, she served as law clerk to the Honorable Michael A. Chagares of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Seton received her Juris Doctor in 2017 from Harvard Law School. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the College of the Holy Cross in 2014, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

She is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the State of New Jersey, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Nina K. Meyer is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department.

Nina earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Fordham University School of Law in 2018. While in law school, she served as a Senior Articles Editor of the Fordham Law Review. Nina received her Bachelor of Arts in Government from Harvard University in 2013. She joined the firm after serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Claire C. Cecchi in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Nina is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Lydia Lulkin is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Lydia graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 2018, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Colorado Law Review. Lydia also received the George Bermant Award for Best Student Work in Securities Law. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Vermont.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Lydia clerked for the Honorable William W. Hood, III, of the Colorado Supreme Court.

She is admitted to practice law in Colorado.

Michelle Choi is an Of Counsel in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where she currently practices with the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group.

Michelle specializes in bankruptcy law, and her practice primarily focuses on the representation of a variety of stakeholders in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings. Prior to joining the firm, Michelle served as a law clerk for the Honorable Scott H. Yun in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

She earned both her Juris Doctor and undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California.

Michelle is a member of the California and New York State Bars.

Emily Sauer is a litigation associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on class actions and appeals in state and federal court spanning a variety of issues, including complex commercial disputes, constitutional issues, labor and employment matters, and arbitration.

Recent highlights from her practice include:

• Convincing federal courts of appeal that drivers and delivery persons in the gig economy are not exempt from arbitration under Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act;
• Persuading federal district courts to compel plaintiffs in putative class actions alleging a wide range of substantive claims to arbitrate their claims on an individual basis;
• Persuading a federal district court to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims related to the Varsity Blues college admission scandal with prejudice on standing grounds;
• Advising clients on how to best structure their arbitration agreements with consumers and employees;
• Advising clients on whether and how to pursue constitutional challenges to new California state laws;
• Defending a client against a government enforcement action for alleged worker misclassification;
• Defending a client against sensitive employment discrimination and retaliation claims; and
• Helping clients achieve favorable settlements in mass arbitration and class actions.

Emily also proudly maintains a robust pro bono practice. Emily was honored with the 2022 Frank Wheat Memorial Award for helping her client achieve a near million-dollar settlement for injuries he sustained while locked in solitary confinement following a win in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  In that case, Emily briefed and argued the appeal before the Ninth Circuit and lead the briefing, discovery, and mediation while on remand in the trial court.  Emily has also filed amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit, and California Supreme Court and has helped immigration clients apply for prosecutorial discretion and permanent status in the United States.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Emily served as a law clerk to the Honorable Carlos Bea of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She graduated summa cum laude and as Salutatorian from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2018, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Emily served as Associate Editor of the Pepperdine Law Review, Co-Chair of the International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team, and as an extern for the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She graduated magna cum laude from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing.

Emily is admitted to practice in California and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Alexander “Sandy” Moss is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, and his practice focuses on white collar defense and investigations.

His experience includes conducting internal investigations for multinational corporate clients, representing corporate and individual clients in government investigations involving the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and other regulatory and enforcement agencies, and advising clients regarding the development of their compliance and ethics programs. He has participated in investigations involving alleged violations of anti-money laundering laws and regulations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and alleged securities and tax fraud.

Alexander received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif, served as an Executive Online Editor for Content for The Georgetown Law Journal, and published a student note regarding the interplay between forum non conveniens and judgment recognition and enforcement in transnational litigation. During law school, he also served as an intern for the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section of the U.S. Department of Justice.

He graduated from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, cum laude, and a Certificate in Eurasian, Russian, and Central European Studies.

Alexander is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Lawrence Lee is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

He earned his Juris Doctor in 2017 from University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an editor of The Journal of Business Law and The Asia Law Review. Lawrence received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from University of California, Berkeley in 2007 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music from University of California, Los Angeles in 2014.

Lawrence is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

 

Madelyn M. La France is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department with a particular focus on white collar defense and investigations, securities and complex commercial litigation, and global anti-corruption matters.

Madelyn has experience representing financial institutions and multinational companies in investigations conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice.  She has conducted internal investigations involving alleged securities and accounting fraud, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and violations of anti-money laundering laws.

She graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as an Editor for the American Criminal Law Review Annual Survey of White Collar Crime and as a Student Attorney in Georgetown’s Domestic Violence Clinic. During law school, Madelyn completed a judicial internship with the Honorable Paul L. Friedman of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Madelyn graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine University with a B.A. in English Writing and Rhetoric. While at Pepperdine, she received a Certificate in Conflict Management from the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine School of Law.

She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.

Shuo (Josh) Zhang is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the Litigation Practice Group.

Shuo has represented clients in Hatch-Waxman (ANDA) litigation matters in federal courts, and he has previously assisted clients in U.S. and international patent prosecution and counseling in a wide variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical devices, petrochemicals, food and drink, and financial services. He also has experience litigating patent and trade secret matters in Section 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission (ITC).

He has experience representing tech clients across various industries in FCPA defense and investigations, export control compliance matters, CFIUS due diligence and compliance matters, and international arbitration.

Shuo earned his law degree from Duke University School of Law. He graduated cum laude from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Biochemistry as well as Economics – Operations Research.

He is native in Mandarin Chinese, proficient in Japanese, and has a working knowledge of French. He is a registered patent attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to practice law in California and the District of Columbia.

Camilla Hopkins is an Associate in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, practicing in the firm’s Dispute Resolution Group. She has a broad practice in both commercial litigation and international arbitration.

Camilla qualified in Australia as a solicitor in 2010 and as a barrister in 2013. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, she practiced as a barrister on one of Melbourne’s most well-regarded commercial lists and as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills in London and a leading Australian law firm in Melbourne. Camilla also worked as an Associate for the Honourable Justice Hargrave of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Daniel Rubin is an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office, where he practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Daniel earned a degree from Stanford Law School in 2017. While in law school, he was a finalist in the Kirkwood Moot Court competition, served as a notes editor for the Stanford Law Review, and argued various motions in California state court through the Criminal Defense Clinic. Daniel graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 2012 from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and History. After college, he completed a Luce Fellowship in New Delhi, India and served as an AmeriCorps fellow in Boston, Massachusetts.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Daniel clerked for the Honorable Gregg Costa of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

He is admitted to practice law in California as well as the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Representative matters include:

• Represented and obtained dismissal for three Southern California cardrooms in a multi-defendant lawsuit bringing bellwether constitutional and statutory challenges to the legality of the games the cardrooms play.
• Represented and obtained dismissal for an entertainment company in high-profile lawsuit regarding a fire at the company’s former warehouse.
• Retained by the California Legislative Counsel Bureau to conduct independent investigations of allegations of sexual harassment and other workplace misconduct by Members and senior staff of the State Assembly.
• Representing  individual client bringing tort claims against the United States government as a result of being separated from his children pursuant to the Trump Administration’s  now-revoked family-separation policy.

Tony Bedel is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he practices in the firm’s Litigation Department. He regularly defends companies, boards of directors, and executives in high stakes business disputes within the technology industry. Tony is an active member of the firm’s Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation, Emerging Companies, and Artificial Intelligence Practice Groups.

He has represented clients in a variety of complex litigation, intellectual property, white collar (including internal investigations), data privacy, cybersecurity, class actions, legal malpractice, regulatory, and artificial intelligence matters. Tony has experience in all stages of litigation including trial and appellate work. He also maintains an active pro bono practice in asylum claims at the trial and appellate level.

Tony received his J.D., Order of the Coif, from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2018, where he was an Editor for the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology awarded him a Law & Technology Certificate for his legal course work. While in law school, Tony earned multiple accolades for his classroom academic performance, including first in class awards for Computer Law; Video Game and Social Media Law; Advertising, Artistic Freedom, and Freedom of Expression; Property; Legal Research; and Legal Profession I & II. He earned his B.A., with honors, from the University of Iowa in 2011. Prior to joining the firm, Tony worked as a Teach for America teacher in Dallas, Texas. In charter and district education environments, he worked as a teacher, operations director, and legal clerk. He is admitted to practice law in the State of California.

Alisha Gill is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Alisha previously served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Jacqueline H. Nguyen of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable Virginia A. Phillips of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

She earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Alisha was a teaching assistant in the legal research and writing program and an Editor of The Network, the online publication of the Berkeley Business Law Journal. Prior to law school, she received her Bachelor of Arts in Politics, magna cum laude, from New York University.

Alisha is admitted to practice law in the state of California.

Andrew Kasabian is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where his practice focuses on complex commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation, Class Actions, and Appellate and Constitutional Law practice groups.

He represents clients in a wide range of litigation in federal and state courts. Andrew has represented clients in breach-of-contract, privacy, employment, and consumer class actions, as well as other commercial and business disputes. He has worked with clients in a variety of industries, including technology, sports and entertainment, “gig economy,” real estate, consumer products, and retail.  The AmLaw Litigation Daily has profiled multiple of Andrew’s wins in its weekly “Litigators of the Week” publication. Andrew also advises client regarding litigation risks in connection with potential transactions.

Recent matters include:

• Affirmance of a record-setting $3 billion single-plaintiff breach-of-contract jury verdict in the California Court of Appeal.  The California Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court declined review.
• Reversal in the Ninth Circuit of a $102 million award following trial.
• Obtained review from the Ninth Circuit of an order granting class certification in an employment class action, and then reversal of the order.
• Successfully opposed class certification in multiple employment class actions.
• Obtained dismissal of putative class and collective action for gig economy client on the grounds that drivers were not exempt from the FAA.
• Obtained voluntary dismissal of nationwide putative consumer class action against a home warranty company.
• Obtained dismissal of PAGA claims based on plaintiff’s failure to prosecute.
• Successfully opposed a writ of mandate in the California Court of Appeal concerning the scope of arbitration agreements following the Supreme Court’s Viking River.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Andrew served as a law clerk to the Honorable Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable William B. Shubb of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Andrew graduated summa cum laude and as salutatorian from Pepperdine University School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and Order of the Barristers, and was the recipient of the Pepperdine Award as the third-year law student who best represents the values of Pepperdine Law School. While in law school, Andrew served as Editor-in-Chief of the Pepperdine Law Review, was a member of the award-winning Interschool Appellate Advocacy Team, and served as a legal extern to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine University in 2013.

Andrew is admitted to practice in California and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Central District of California, the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of California, and the Eastern District of Michigan.

Cindy Li is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Real Estate Department. Cindy’s practice involves the representation of borrowers, lenders, private equity funds, institutional and non-institutional investors, developers and operators in a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and financings.

Cindy earned her law degree in 2018 from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a recipient of the Jane Marks Murphy Prize for exceptional interest and proficiency in clinical work. Cindy graduated cum laude from Yale University in 2014 with a degree in Sociology and Political Science, with Distinction.

Cindy is admitted to practice law in the State of California.