Jordan E. Johnson is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment, Class Actions, and Litigation Practice Groups.

Jordan graduated Valedictorian from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2018. During law school, she served as the Literary Citation Editor for the Pepperdine Law Review and as a judicial extern to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. She also served as both a Teaching Fellow for the Academic Success Program and Teaching Assistant to Professor Mireille Butler.

She earned her Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Criminology from Utah Tech University in 2013.

Jordan is admitted to practice law in the State of California and the State of Colorado.

 

 

 

Robert Caruso is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of Gibson Dunn’s Real Estate Practice Group.

He received his Juris Doctor in 2017 from the Georgetown University Law Center. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Bucknell University in 2012.

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

Rachil Davids is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

She received her Juris Doctor in 2017 from the University of Michigan Law School, where she received the Dean’s Scholarship, and authored a paper published on the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse and in Michigan Public Law: Student Author Paper Series. She received her Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, in Communications from Cornell University in 2014.

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

Nadia Wahba is a French and US qualified associate in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, practicing in the firm’s Dispute Resolution group.

Nadia’s practice focuses primarily on international arbitration. Her experience includes arbitration proceedings conducted under a wide range of rules (ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC and LCIA) and involving both common law and civil law jurisdictions.

She received a Master of Laws from Columbia University as well as a Master of Law in Private International Law and International Commercial Law from the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne.

Nadia is admitted to practice in New York and Paris.

She is fluent in English and French. She also speaks Arabic and Greek.

Mark Cherry is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He joined the firm’s Pro Bono Practice in 2023, as a full-time Pro Bono Associate. Previously, Mark practiced in the firm’s Litigation Department.

He has a broad range of litigation experience, including significant experience in pro bono matters.  Recent highlights include:

  • Mark was one of the lead associates in the firm’s historic jury trial victory over an LAPD officer in Jones v. City of Los Angeles (C.D. Cal.), in which a federal jury awarded $375,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to Mr. Jones.
  • Mark represented executives of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America in First Amendment litigation against members of the Trump Administration, culminating in the firm’s victory in Turner v. USAGM (D.D.C.), which confirmed that government-employed journalists have First Amendment rights.
  • In Thomas v. Quay, Mark asserted constitutional claims against employees of the Bureau of Prisons arising out of violations of his client’s religious liberties. The case resulted in a favorable settlement to Mr. Thomas.
  • In Chambers v. State (Md. Ct. Spec. App.), Mark challenged his client’s convictions for attempted murder and first degree assault.
  • Mark has an active amicus brief practice, and has represented numerous clients in amicus briefs filed in courts around the country, including the United States Supreme Court.

From 2018 to 2019, Mark served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert E. Bacharach of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. From 2019 to 2020, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Katherine Polk Failla of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Mark received his Juris Doctor in 2016 from Columbia Law School where he was a James Kent and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and served as the Executive Notes Editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in 2013.

Mark is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as the United States Courts of Appeals for the Tenth, Eleventh, and District of Columbia Courts.

Charles A. Weiss is an associate in the Century City Office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He currently practices in the firm’s Real Estate Department.

Charles earned his law degree in 2017 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. While attending law school, he served as Senior Financial Editor of the Columbia Business Law Review. Charles graduated from Georgetown University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Political Economy.

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

Tim Kolesk is an associate in the Los Angeles Office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the Litigation Department.

Tim earned his law degree from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, served as an Executive Senior Editor of the Southern California Law Review, and was a Teaching Fellow in the Legal Writing and Advocacy Program. Tim received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Boston College, where he graduated magna cum laude and was appointed to the Order of the Cross and Crown. Before law school, Tim also attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, earning a Master in Fine Arts degree in Film Production.

Publications:

At the Intersection of Fourth and Sixth: GPS Evidence and the Constitutional Rights of Criminal Defendants, 90 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1299 (2017).

Lauren Fischer is an associate in the Los Angeles Office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Her practice focuses on labor and employment litigation and internal investigations, as well as on white collar defense and government investigations. Lauren has experience representing employers in class action litigation involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour claims. She also represents corporate clients in criminal, civil, and regulatory investigations and related judicial proceedings.

Lauren counsels employers on a wide variety of employment and compliance issues, including hiring, terminations, anti-harassment and anti-discrimination programs, pay equity, personnel policies, employee handbooks, disability accommodation, family and medical leave matters, job classification, meal and rest breaks, and payroll laws.

She earned her law degree in 2017 from UCLA Law School. While in law school, Lauren served as Judicial Extern to the Honorable Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She also served as a Submissions Editor of the Journal of Law and Technology and was a Benjamin Aaron Memorial Scholar.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from UCLA in 2013.

Lauren is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice law before the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Joseph Spence is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Real Estate and Land Use practice groups.

His practice encompasses a variety of land use and development matters as well as real estate transactions, including experience in obtaining land use entitlements, compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), subdivisions, public-private partnerships, public trust requirements, historic preservation, easement agreements, commercial leases, and acquisitions and dispositions. His clients include developers, investors, and institutional lenders, among others, and his projects involve a variety of asset classes including offices, hotels, historic properties, residential and mixed-use projects, and other commercial and industrial developments.

Joseph’s recent representations include the Golden State Warriors in the successful entitlement of a hotel and residential building on the San Francisco waterfront; Build Inc. in the successful implementation of a 1,575-unit mixed-use development project with over 15 acres of public space on the San Francisco waterfront; Treasure Island Community Developers in the ongoing implementation of the redevelopment of Treasure Island, a former U.S. Navy base, as a large new master-planned community; TMG Partners in the entitlement and implementation of a large office and mixed-use development in Oakland; Deca Companies in a public trust exchange for property on the San Francisco waterfront; and the Oakland Athletics in the ongoing entitlement of a new ballpark and mixed-use development on the Oakland waterfront.

He received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2017. While in law school, Joseph served as Senior Articles Editor of the Berkeley Business Law Journal. He received his B.S. from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis in 2007.

Prior to law school, Joseph served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy. He deployed overseas twice, and was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal for his service.

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

Sydney Sherman is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the Real Estate Department where she represents private equity funds, institutional and non-institutional investors, developers, operators, lenders and borrowers in negotiating and structuring a variety of complex commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, financing, preferred equity investments, construction and development, licensing, leasing, and asset management.

Sydney handles transactions for variety of asset classes, including hotels, residential single family homes and multifamily, raw land, residential developments, mixed-use projects, retail spaces, office buildings, life sciences facilities and industrial properties. She regularly counsels clients on a broad range of legal issues encountered in connection with the acquisition, disposition, financing, development, ownership and management of real estate assets throughout the United States.

She received her Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law. Prior to law school, she graduated magna cum laude from McGill University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

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

 

 

 

Nicholas Linke is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the firm’s Corporate Transactions Practice Group.

Nicholas earned his Juris Doctor with Honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 2017. While in law school, he was a member of the Doctoroff Business Leadership Program and participated in the Innovation Clinic and International Refugee Assistance Project. Prior to law school, Nicholas was a Certified Public Accountant (State of Illinois) and tax associate in the Chicago office of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He earned his Master of Professional Accountancy and B.S. in Business Administration with Highest Distinction from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Nicholas is admitted to practice law in the State of Colorado.

​Madeleine McKenna is a litigation associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office. She practices in the firm’s Insurance, Class Actions, Labor and Employment, and Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Groups, with a focus on complex civil litigation in the trial courts and on appeal.

Madeleine has represented clients in a variety of high-stakes, complex litigation matters in state and federal courts, with a particular focus on class and representative actions involving employment and consumer protection claims. She has also litigated a wide variety of appellate matters.

Recent representative experience includes:

  • Defeating class certification in a first-of-its-kind action challenging “no poach” agreements under the federal antitrust laws;
  • Winning dismissal with prejudice of a putative, nationwide class action asserting breach of contract and consumer protection claims against an online retailer;
  • Successfully defending a summary judgment win on appeal on behalf of a major technology company;
  • Negotiating a favorable settlement of misclassification, wage and hour, and PAGA claims on behalf of a gig economy client;
  • Advising clients in a variety of industries regarding their arbitration agreements, and defending against mass arbitration claims.

Madeleine earned her law degree from Stanford Law School, where she served as an articles editor for the Stanford Law Review and a teaching assistant for evidence and the first-year writing course. While a student in Stanford’s Environmental Law Clinic, she argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and obtained reversal of the district court’s decision denying her pro bono client’s request for attorneys’ fees. Madeleine graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Washington, where she also served as student body president. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, she clerked for the Honorable Richard C. Tallman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She is admitted to the State Bar of California and the Third and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Josiah Clarke is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, practicing in the firm’s Litigation Department. His primary focus is data privacy and cybersecurity compliance. He has worked with large multinational corporations as well as small non-profits to address GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA requirements, as well as other state and federal privacy and cybersecurity laws. Josiah has experience drafting policies, evaluating privacy and cybersecurity compliance programs, and assisting clients who have experienced a data breach. He has also assisted a client with company- and industry-specific privacy requirements under an agreement with regulatory bodies.

In addition to this work, Josiah has assisted clients undergoing investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and the Department of Justice, and has participated in various stages of civil litigation, including appeals. He maintains a healthy pro bono practice, primarily helping clients with immigration matters and volunteering with nonpartisan election assistance efforts.

Josiah graduated with high honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 2017, where he was selected for the prestigious Chancellor’s list for academic achievement. During law school he served as an Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review and as Treasurer of Texas Law Fellowships, a non-profit organization that provides public interest fellowships to students. He also represented youth in the juvenile court in Austin. During his third year of law school, Josiah spent time in Switzerland learning about international arbitration and international trade agreements.

Josiah is admitted to practice law in Colorado.

Emily Riff is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, with a particular focus on class actions and complex civil litigation.

Emily has substantial experience representing clients at the trial and appellate level. In the technology space, she has litigated high-profile matters for clients in a range of cutting-edge cases, including many involving Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as well as other theories of liability under ever-changing state and federal law. Emily has also represented companies involving claims related to consumer protection, particularly in high-stakes and multi-jurisdictional class actions, and has developed comprehensive strategies to address novel theories of liability and to leverage the procedural complexities involved in these multi-jurisdictional matters. In addition to litigating these matters, she also provides counseling and advice to clients on a wide range of environmental, social, and governance issues.

Representative Law and Technology Experience

  • Representing a software company in litigation in federal district court in Illinois, Texas, and state court in Washington in connection with claims related to human trafficking.
  • Representing a leading social media company before the Texas Supreme Court, and federal district court in the Northern District of California for allegations related to human trafficking.
  • Representing a prominent social media company before the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits in connection with claims that the company’s platform contributed to terrorist attacks.
  • Secured a motion to dismiss in multi-district litigation against a leading software company accused of facilitating human trafficking.
  • Represented a large home mortgage company in a trade secrets dispute.

Representative Complex Civil and Class Action Experience

  • Representing a leading consumer goods manufacturer in connection with public nuisance litigation related to global marine plastic pollution.
  • Representing a prominent insurance company in multiple class actions related to breach of contract and conversion claims.
  • Representing a supplement manufacturer in class action related to allegations of consumer deception.
  • Secured a dismissal of claims under California’s Proposition 65 against a leading food and beverage manufacturer in California state court.
  • Secured a stay under the primary jurisdiction doctrine in a class action related to allegations of consumer deception.
  • Represented a financial technology company in a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission for alleged deceptive and unfair practices.

In addition, Emily maintains an active pro bono practice. In her work protecting prisoners’ rights, she recently secured a victory at the Seventh Circuit for a mentally ill inmate who was denied counsel after prison officials failed to treat the inmate’s schizophrenia and also represents a former inmate in a First Amendment lawsuit against prison officials who denied the inmate his request for kosher meals, where she recently secured the reversal of summary judgment in favor of the prison officials. Emily also represented a not-for-profit media organization before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for District of Columbia, and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in connection with bringing a First Amendment challenge seeking to unseal contempt proceedings. Emily also represented a women’s health organization in an appeal to the United States Supreme Court.

Prior to joining the firm, Emily served as a law clerk to the Honorable Paul J. Watford of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law where she served as Notes Development Editor on the Virginia Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Before law school, Emily worked for a Member of the United States Senate and a Member of the United States House of Representatives. She received her B.A. with high honors in government from Smith College where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa.

Emily is admitted to practice in the State of Colorado and is a member of the Colorado Women’s Bar Association.

Zoey Clark is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the Firm’s Litigation Department, as well as the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group, the White Collar Defense and Investigations Group, and the Securities Enforcement Group.

Zoey has represented a diverse range of clients, including technology companies and hedge funds, in complex litigation and regulatory investigations. She has experience advising clients, preparing witnesses for depositions, drafting motions, and leading all aspects of discovery, including responses and objections, document collections, reviews, and productions.

Substantively, she has experience representing clients in connection with consumer protection investigations, including those brought by multistate coalitions of attorneys general, as well as advising clients in compliance with securities regulations and at all stages of insider trading investigations.

Zoey received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 2016 from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif.  At Georgetown, she served as an Articles Editor for the American Criminal Law Review and as a Legal Research and Writing Fellow. Zoey received her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Bucknell University in 2013.

She is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Nathan L. Powell is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the Firm’s Litigation Department, as well as the Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Consumer Protection, Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort, and Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Groups. Nathan has helped multinational companies across a variety of industries litigate complex commercial matters at the district court and appellate levels. His cross-disciplinary practice includes experience with trade secret litigation, environmental torts, contract disputes, data privacy and consumer protection, and securities matters.

Representative matters include:

  • Representing a leading consumer electronics company in a high-stakes trade secrets litigation against a medical device manufacturer
  • Defending a major social media company in a consumer protection lawsuit filed by the D.C. attorney general
  • Representing a business executive charged with wire fraud in an appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Representing luxury hotel owners in state court litigation to clear title involving the filing of fraudulent transfer deeds
  • Representing a prominent social media company in a large-scale internal investigation following allegations of consumer data misuse
  • Defending a global pharmaceutical and medical device company in connection with an investigation by the SEC and DOJ into alleged securities fraud and FCPA violations
  • Representing a recycling company in litigation relating to an alleged breach of a long term supply contract
  • Representing a major energy company in multiple environmental tort litigations and appeals

Nathan graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2017, where he was a senior editor of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics and member of the Global Law Scholars. He earned his B.A. in Psychology, with a minor in Spanish, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009.

Nathan is admitted to practice law in Colorado and California.

 

Kory Hines is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

Kory’s practice is focused on internal investigations, labor and employment law, and complex commercial litigation. He also maintains an active pro bono practice of seeking asylum in the United States for refugees fleeing persecution in their home countries. Kory also recently argued a pro bono appeal before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, and obtained a reversal of an indigent defendant’s criminal conviction.

Kory received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2017, where he was a Managing Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. As a law student, he served as an extern for three federal judges: Hon. Gerard Lynch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Hon. Esther Salas of the District of New Jersey, and Hon. Vera Scanlon of the Eastern District of New York.

Prior to law school, Kory worked as a legislative aide in the Wisconsin State Senate. He earned his B.A. with distinction from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2013.

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

Tim Loose is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Litigation, Class Actions, and Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Groups.

Mr. Loose has extensive experience in a broad range of business litigation, with a focus on class actions.  He frequently defends the products and advertising of companies in the technology, banking, automotive, healthcare, food and entertainment industries, and he has successfully defended several companies in state and federal court against claims of unfair business practices, false advertising, and concealment.

He has been recognized by Law360 as a “Rising Star” in Class Actions, and also as a “Rising Star” in Cybersecurity & Privacy.  He was named to Global Data Review’s “40 Under 40” list, as one of “the 40 individuals who represent the best and the brightest of the data law bar around the world.”

Representative Matters Include:

  • Obtained dismissal with prejudice of false advertising claims brought against major manufacturer of nutritional drinks.  Horti v. Nestle, N.D. Cal. 2022.
  • Obtained dismissal with prejudice of unfair competition and tort claims asserted against multinational Internet company.  Xianhua v. Yahoo!, N.D. Cal. 2022.
  • Obtained dismissal with prejudice of false advertising claims brought against major university.  Tamboura and Riffel v. USC, N.D. Cal. 2021.
  • Obtained summary judgment and appellate affirmance of unfair competition claim involving pricing of motorcycles.  Baker v. Yamaha, Cal. Ct. App. 2021.
  • Obtained dismissal at the pleading stage of false advertising case brought against major manufacturer of baby care products.  Morales v. Kimberly-Clark, S.D.N.Y. 2020.
  • Obtained order decertifying Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action against major technology company.
  • Obtained dismissal with prejudice of alleged mislabeling and false advertising claims against manufacturer of carbonated soft drinks.  Maxwell v. PepsiCo, N.D. Cal. 2018.
  • Obtained summary judgment for automotive client facing hundreds of millions of dollars in alleged liabilities, in lawsuit arising under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).  Edelsberg v. Vroom, Inc., S.D. Fla. 2018.
  • Secured appellate affirmance of summary judgment order in favor of healthcare client in multi-million dollar action.  Port Medical v. ILWU-PMA Welfare Plan, Cal. App. (2d Dist.) 2018.
  • Obtained dismissal with prejudice of putative nationwide class action complaint against healthcare client alleging breach of contract, fraud, unfair business practices, and RICO violations.  Yagman v. Kelley, C.D. Cal. 2018.
  • Secured the dismissal, with prejudice, of consolidated putative nationwide class action lawsuits brought by dozens of plaintiffs alleging fraud and concealment claims under numerous consumer protection and warranty laws, and successfully defended the dismissal on appeal.  Williams, et al. v. Yamaha Motor Co., U.S.A., 851 F.3d 1015 (9th Cir. 2017).
  • Secured summary judgment in action alleging over a million dollars in damages based on alleged breaches of express and implied warranties in outboard marine engines.  Schultz v. Yamaha Motor Co., (Orange Super. Ct. Aug 1, 2017).
  • Obtained dismissal of action challenging the legality of fantasy sports in Massachusetts and seeking over $1 billion in damages.  Patriots for Legal Equality v. DraftKings, Inc. (Suffolk County (Mass.) Super. Ct. 2016).
  • Secured summary judgment for healthcare client in claim brought by medical provider regarding over a million dollars in allegedly unpaid bills for chiropractic and medical services.  Port Medical Wellness, Inc. v. Connecticut General Life Ins. Co. (L.A. Super. Ct.  Apr. 7, 2016).
  • Obtained dismissal, with prejudice, of putative federal class action lawsuit asserting claims arising under ERISA, brought against third-party healthcare administrator.  Armijo v. ILWU-PMA Welfare Plan, Inc. (C.D. Cal. Feb. 3, 2016).
  • Secured dismissal of putative nationwide class action lawsuit involving multiple models of automobiles and asserting claims sounding in consumer protection, warranty, and invasion of privacy.  Cahen v. Toyota Motor Corp., 147 F. Supp. 3d 955 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 25, 2015), aff’d (9th Cir. Dec. 21, 2017).
  • Successfully defended a national e-commerce client against a putative class action lawsuit in the California Supreme Court, which held that the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act does not apply to online purchases of electronically downloadable products.  (56 Cal. 4th 128 (2013).)
  • Successfully persuaded the Los Angeles Superior Court, on post-trial motions, to vacate a record-breaking wrongful death judgment in excess of $178 million following a six-week jury trial.
  • Obtained summary judgment for client on loss of consortium claims being asserted in wrongful death action brought in New Mexico state court.
  • Retained by product manufacturer to handle federal Lanham Act retrial and secured the exclusion of all damages evidence on the eve of the retrial, resulting in a complete win for our client on all of plaintiff’s claims, and successfully defended the matter on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.
  • Secured favorable jury verdict resulting in no award of compensatory damages in a complex fraud and civil conspiracy action brought by the California Insurance Commissioner, a case in which plaintiff sought an award of $4.3 billion.  Poizner v. Altus Fin., S.A., No. 99-2829 (C.D. Cal. 2012).
  • Secured the dismissal of putative class action lawsuit asserting claims of fraudulent concealment, and successfully defended the dismissal on appeal.  Wilson v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 668 F.3d 1136 (9th Cir. 2012).
  • Successfully argued before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and obtained reversal of an adverse administrative agency decision.  Turkson v. Holder, 667 F.3d 523 (4th Cir. 2012).
  • Represented client before U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and obtained transfer of over 80 putative class action lawsuits challenging the marketing and availability of daily fantasy sports, to a single judge.  In re Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation (J.P.M.L. 2016.)

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Loose served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ronald S.W. Lew in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.  Mr. Loose received his law degree from the UCLA School of Law in 2005, where he graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif and served as a member of the Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs.  In 2002, he graduated magna cum laude from the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a double major in Rhetoric and Political Science.

Mr. Loose is admitted to practice before all California State Courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Central Districts of California.

Victoria R. Orlowski is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and acts as counsel in both commercial and investment-treaty based international arbitrations, as well as in litigation matters.

In addition to representing clients, she is active in the international arbitration community. She is acting Vice President of the Standing Committee of the ICC International Centre for Expertise and is Co-Chair of the ICC Commission’s task force on the revision of the Rules of ICC as Appointing Authority in UNCITRAL Or Other Ad Hoc Arbitration Proceedings. Her recent pro bono work includes a project associated with the joint initiative between USAID and the Mongolian Ministry of Justice to reform Mongolia’s arbitration law and practice. The project involved developing a week-long course on arbitration law and practice, and several trips to Ulan Bator to teach the course to Mongolian lawyers and judges. She regularly speaks on current issues in international arbitration.

Victoria joined Gibson Dunn from the Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. As counsel of the North American team and then as Managing Counsel, she supervised the ICC Court’s case management teams, performed second level review of draft arbitral awards, worked closely with the Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General of the ICC Court and ICC General Counsel to form and maintain practices and helped establish the ICC’s New York based case management team. Prior to joining the ICC, she was an associate at White & Case in New York.

Victoria is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, with a certificate in international legal studies from Cornell Law School, where she was a managing editor of the Cornell International Law Journal. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University, where she studied English literature and Japanese language and culture and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

She is fluent in English and French.

Recent Publications:

  • “Your Way or the ICC Way: Constituting An Arbitral Tribunal Under the ICC Rules of Arbitration,” 1 ABA Section of International Law: International Arbitration Committee Newsletter Regarding Arbitral Appointments at 25 (2013).

Stephanie Silvano is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and Labor & Employment Practice Group.

Stephanie has represented a diverse range of clients in complex matters in state and federal courts in all phases of litigation, as well as before federal and state government agencies. She also assists clients in a wide range of employment law matters, including cases involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, and wage-and-hour violations. Stephanie has been a member of numerous trial teams, including the team that obtained a complete dismissal of SEC administrative proceedings against Lynn Tilton and Patriarch Partners, as well as the team that obtained a complete defense verdict for an alternative investment manager in a $250 million negligent misrepresentation lawsuit.

She maintains an active pro bono practice, including  representing immigration clients in removal proceedings in immigration courts, and has successfully helped applicants obtain legal status in the United States. Additionally, she advises non-profit organizations on compliance with employment-related laws, as well as the development of personnel policies and procedures, and has conducted internal investigations regarding sensitive employment matters.

Stephanie earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Fordham University School of Law in 2015. While in law school, she served as an Articles & Notes Editor of the Fordham Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board. Stephanie graduated, summa cum laude, from The George Washington University in 2012, with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

She is admitted to practice in the States of New York and New Jersey and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and New Jersey.