Thomas J. Kim is a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson Dunn, where he is a Co-Chair of the firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group. Tom focuses his practice on a broad range of SEC disclosure and regulatory matters, including capital raising, tender offer transactions, shareholder activist situations, and corporate governance and compliance issues. He also advises clients on securities issues raised by cryptocurrency offerings, SEC enforcement investigations and internal investigations involving disclosure, registration, corporate governance, and auditor independence issues.

Tom has extensive experience handling regulatory matters for companies with the SEC, including obtaining no-action and exemptive relief, interpretive guidance and waivers, and responding to disclosure and financial statement reviews by the Division of Corporation Finance.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA Band 1, “Securities: Regulation: Advisory” (2014 – 2026)
• Legal 500 US, Financial Services Litigation (2025)
• Lawdragon, “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” (2024 – 2025)
• Expert Guides, “Best of the Best United States Guide” (2022)
• Expert Guides, “Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide” (2021 – 2022)

Memberships and Professional Involvement:

• Co-Chair, Practising Law Institute, Master Class: Corporate Governance
• Former Chair, Northwestern Pritzker Law School’s Annual Securities Regulation Institute
• Former Chair, American Bar Association Securities Law Opinion Subcommittee of the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Tom served at the SEC for six years as the Chief Counsel and Associate Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, and for one year as Counsel to the Chairman. As Chief Counsel, Tom was responsible for the Division’s no-action, interpretive and exemptive positions. He also led several rulemaking initiatives including eliminating the prohibition on general solicitation in Rule 506 and Rule 144A offerings, the concept release on the U.S. proxy system, and the interpretive release on the use of company websites.

Russ Falconer is a litigation partner in Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and handles the full gamut of complex, high-value disputes, including trials, appeals, class actions, and multidistrict litigation. He practices before state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels.  Russ has been recognized by Chambers USA in the Dallas General Commercial Litigation category, The Best Lawyers in America©, as a Super Lawyers Texas Rising Star, and by D Magazine in its Best Lawyers in Dallas list.

Russ has successfully litigated complex commercial disputes involving a wide range of issues and claims, including misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, business torts, restrictive covenants, data privacy, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, personal jurisdiction, private transfer fee covenants, piercing the corporate veil, creditor derivative suits, and claims under federal aviation law, the federal securities laws, the federal antitrust laws, the Clean Air Act, the Copyright Act, the Lanham Act, the Texas Public Information Act, and various consumer protection statutes.  Russ has extensive experience and expertise in acting as plaintiff’s counsel for businesses needing to litigate commercial claims against other businesses.  

Recent Representative Experience

• As lead counsel to Keurig Dr Pepper, obtained dismissal on the pleadings of a nine-figure breach-of-contract dispute with a vendor. 
• As lead counsel to the Lockton Companies, obtained multiple summary-judgment rulings from a federal court in Missouri upholding Lockton’s contractual rights against former producer members and awarding attorneys’ fees to Lockton. 
• Obtained summary judgment for Vistra Corp. in Texas state court in a dispute with a natural-gas supplier arising out of Winter Storm Uri.
• Briefed and argued a successful plaintiff’s side motion for summary judgment on liability for Keurig Dr Pepper against BA Sports Nutrition LLC (the manufacturer of Bodyarmor sports drink) and the Coca Cola Company that was recognized by The Texas Lawbook as its 2022 Business Litigation of the Year.
• As lead counsel to Baylor University, obtained a complete dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) of a putative class action challenging Baylor’s use of online learning in the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Representing Vistra Corp. in litigation in state and federal court in California relating to the Moss Landing Battery Energy Storage Facility.
• Representing Nestle USA in antitrust litigation against X Crop. arising out of online advertising on Twitter.
• Represented LIV Golf and several professional golfers in antitrust litigation against the PGA Tour.
• Helped Truck Insurance Exchange obtain a unanimous victory before the U.S. Supreme Court in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., 144 S. Ct. 1414 (2024).
• Obtained a preliminary injunction allowing Delta Air Lines to continue operating at the Dallas Love Field Airport; successfully defended the preliminary injunction on appeal to the Fifth Circuit.
• Member of the trial team that successfully represented a major electricity generator in a bench trial of a Clean Air Act citizen suit; obtained a complete trial win on all claims and a post-judgment award of $6.4 million in attorneys’ fees.
• As lead counsel, obtained dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) and successfully defended that dismissal on appeal in a case challenging Delta Air Lines’ cargo ban on African big-game hunting trophies.
• Represented Facebook and Oculus as appellate counsel at trial and in post-trial proceedings after a $500 million adverse jury verdict; persuaded the district court to set aside $250 million of the verdict.

Russ graduated with highest honors from the University of Texas School of Law, where he was named the grand chancellor of the class of 2009 for having the highest GPA in his class after two years. After law school, Russ served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Patrick Higginbotham of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and to the Honorable A. Joe Fish of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Russ earned a Master of Arts in journalism from the University of Texas College of Communication in 2006 and a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Emory University in 2000. Before practicing law, Russ worked as a debate coach at the University of California and as a journalist at the Austin American Statesman.

Liz Ryan is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office. As a nationally recognized first-chair trial lawyer, Liz represents clients in complex, high-stakes disputes. Her trial experience includes antitrust, business disputes, intellectual property, personal injury, and products liability cases. She has a winning record, counseling clients and navigating them through disputes in federal courts, state courts, and arbitrations, including multi-district litigations, class actions, and mass actions. Her experience spans industries, including consumer products, energy, financial services, life sciences, and technology.

Representative Experience*

• Payment card services corporation in an antitrust suit commenced by a competitor generally alleging that certain fees and agreements constitute an integrated scheme that violates antitrust laws.
• Major technology company as trial counsel in a high-stakes antitrust action in which the FTC sought to enjoin its planned acquisition of a virtual reality application developer.
• Leading American supermarket chain in the first bellwether jury trial against pharmacies in In re Opiate Litigation, in which two Ohio counties sought $3 billion in damages from the pharmacies. At the close of the plaintiff’s case, the client successfully settled for a confidential amount.
• Leading broadband communications company as trial counsel in a False Claims Act case, which settled favorably on the eve of trial.
• Pioneering video game developer, in a breach of contract and theft of trade secrets case, through which the client sought more than $40 million in damages and also faced hundreds of millions of dollars in counterclaim damages. The case settled for a confidential amount.
• Major pharmaceutical company in the multi-district litigation In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation and in a lawsuit brought by the State of Oklahoma.
• Leading technology companies in a multi-billion-dollar theft of trade secrets and copyright lawsuit.
• Financial services company in an internet defamation case and obtained a record-setting $12.5 million dollar verdict.
• National private lender in a breach of contract case and obtained a judgment of more than $7 million dollars.
• Financial services division of an industrial conglomerate in a fraudulent transfer case and obtained a jury award of more than $3.3 million dollars.
• Leading international technology company in a breach of contract case and obtained a favorable settlement following arbitration.
• National real estate company in a breach of contract case and obtained the client’s full measure of damages and attorneys’ fees in trial.
• Numerous companies, including leading technology companies, in breach of non-solicitation and non-compete cases and obtained restraining orders and injunctions, as well as favorable settlements for clients.

Liz has been recognized for her work by leading national business and legal publications. From 2023 to 2026, Chambers USA has ranked Liz among the top lawyers for General Commercial Litigation in Texas, with clients calling her “outstanding,” “very smart and extraordinarily professional,” “thorough and well prepared,” and “a very skilled trial lawyer.” Recently, Benchmark Litigation named her one of the “Top 250 Women in Litigation,” and she was also recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a “Litigation Star.” From 2023 to 2026, The Best Lawyers in America named Liz a “Best Lawyer” for Commercial Litigation. In 2022, Texas Lawyer named her among the 27 Texas attorneys “On the Rise,” which honors the top attorneys under 40. Benchmark Litigation included Liz on its “40 & Under List” from 2017 to 2023, and Texas Super Lawyers heralded Liz as a “Rising Star” in business litigation from 2014 to 2017. In both 2018 and 2019, the National Diversity Council recognized Liz as one of the top female attorneys in Texas.

Liz is actively involved in several legal and community organizations. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. She is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, an invitation-only, peer-reviewed organization whose members are distinguished law firm partners, in-house counsel, and insurance executives. Liz is also a Barrister in the Barbara M.G. Lynn Inn of Court and was an inaugural member of the Dallas Bar Association’s WE LEAD program. She also serves on the Women of Tocqueville’s Steering Committee for the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Liz was a partner in the Dallas office of a major law firm. Before that, she was a partner at a boutique commercial litigation firm based in Dallas. 

Liz received her J.D. from William and Mary School of Law, where she was admitted to the Order of the Barristers. She received her B.A., summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Syracuse University.  After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

*Matters handled prior to Gibson Dunn.

Jeffrey L. Steiner is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He is Chair of the firm’s Derivatives Practice Group and Co-Chair of the firm’s Financial Regulatory Practice Group. Mr. Steiner is also the Co-Chair to the firm’s Fintech and Digital Assets Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions, Energy and Public Policy Practice Groups. Mr. Steiner advises a range of clients, including commercial end-users, financial institutions, dealers, hedge funds, private equity funds, clearinghouses, industry groups and trade associations on regulatory, legislative, enforcement and transactional matters related to OTC and listed derivatives, commodities and securities. He frequently assists clients with compliance and implementation issues relating to the Dodd-Frank Act, the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the National Futures Association and the prudential banking regulators. He also helps clients to navigate through cross-border issues resulting from global derivatives requirements, including those resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act, the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and the rules of other jurisdictions.

Mr. Steiner also advises a range of clients on issues related to digital assets, cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technology, including analyzing and advising on regulatory and enforcement matters relating to their application and use. He regularly works with clients on structuring products involving the use of digital assets and the application of blockchain technology, including digital token issuances and cryptocurrency trading. He also analyzes the cross-border impacts relating to clients’ use of digital currencies and blockchain technology.

Mr. Steiner has been named a Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Fintech Trailblazer by The National Law Journal. In 2025, he was recognized by Legal 500 US as a “Recommended Lawyer” in banking and highlighted for his expertise in financial services litigation. Additionally, Chambers Global ranked Mr. Steiner as an international leading lawyer for his work in derivatives. He has also been recognized as a leading derivatives lawyer in Chambers USA from 2014-2026 and has been ranked in Band 1 for Derivatives: Mainly Regulatory, with clients saying that he is “a phenomenal attorney and business adviser,” “very aware of all aspects of derivatives regulation in the US, UK, and EU,” and that “he’s someone that can speak knowledgeably.”

Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mr. Steiner was special counsel in the Division of Market Oversight at the CFTC where he handled issues relating to trading and execution of futures and swaps, designated contract markets (DCMs), market maker and incentive programs, exempt markets, reporting, swap data repositories (SDRs) and off-exchange derivatives transactions (block trades, EFRPs). He served as team lead for the Real-Time Public Reporting of Swap Transaction Data rulemaking team for both the proposed and final rules, both of which he presented before the CFTC for public vote. While at the CFTC, he also worked on resolving and advising on issues relating to Title VII of the Dodd Frank Act, including reporting, trading and execution in all asset classes (i.e., interest rates, credit, FX, equity and other commodity), SDRs, swap execution facilities (SEFs), block trades and extraterritoriality. Prior to being a special counsel at the CFTC, he served as an attorney-advisor in the CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight from 2009 – 2010. Mr. Steiner began his career in private law practice where he focused on representing clients on OTC derivatives, futures and commodities related matters, capital markets transactions and hedge fund formation.

Mr. Steiner is a frequent speaker and author on issues relating to derivatives, the CFTC, digital assets and blockchain technology. He graduated from Tulane Law School in 2004. While at Tulane Law School, he served as a Business Editor of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal. Mr. Steiner received his B.B.A. in 2001 from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.

Collin Cox, co-partner in charge of the Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, is widely recognized for his successes in trying complex commercial disputes. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of subject areas, including technology trade-secrets cases, actions related to the Bernard L. Madoff fraud, fraudulent-transfer cases, royalty disputes, patent litigation, and other business crisis situations. In each of his representations, he prides himself on his ability to get to the heart of a complex matter, making everything as simple as possible, but not simpler (to quote Einstein), to tell a winning story to a jury or judge.

He is among a handful of trial lawyers in Houston with a “Band One” recognition from Chambers USA, in which clients have praised him as “a great, strategic lawyer,” who is “very well versed in the law and easy to work with.” As Chambers USA put it, “Collin is very smart and extremely well credentialed. He is very polished, and a real trial lawyer.” Collin also is listed by Thomson Reuters as one of the “Top 100 Super Lawyers in Texas,” and has been listed as a “Super Lawyer” for more than a decade. In 2025, he twice was named AmLaw’s “Litigator of the Week” – once after a historic jury verdict for Energy Transfer LP and Dakota Access Pipeline in a three-week trial in North Dakota, and again after a twelve-day trial in Phoenix that led to a $296 million verdict.

A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers, Collin currently serves as Treasurer of the Houston Bar Association, as Past President of Houston Volunteer Lawyers, and as Chairman and President of Da Camera of Houston. Collin is the past Chairman of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the Texas Lyceum, the pre-eminent leadership organization for Texans younger than 45.

Collin maintains a close connection to Duke Law School, where he serves as Chair of the Board of Visitors. He also serves on Duke’s Adjunct Faculty, teaching classes on Complex Civil Litigation and Hearings Practice. Collin was recently recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a “Litigation Star.” He is named in The Best Lawyers in America® for Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation, as one of the “Leading Litigators in America” by Lawdragon, and among its Global Leaders in Crisis Management, and in H Magazine as a “Houston Top Lawyer.” In 2012, he was recognized as the Woodrow B. Seals Outstanding Young Lawyer in Houston. In 2019, Collin was one of 59 Americans selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar, completing a year-long leadership curriculum centered around four presidential administrations.

Prior to joining the firm, he practiced with a nationally-recognized litigation firm and a premier boutique trial law firm. Collin was a law clerk for the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia.

Representative Matters*

• Energy Transfer LP and Dakota Access Pipeline. Lead trial counsel in a historic $667 million verdict in a trespass and defamation case. The jury’s decision marked the largest verdict in North Dakota’s history. The Gibson Dunn team’s strategic focus on ground torts and defamation claims led to favorable outcomes on multiple counts, including trespass, conversion, nuisance, civil conspiracy, and defamation. The verdict serves as a powerful affirmation of the First Amendment.
• Gray Development and Gray Services v. ZOM Holdings Inc. Lead trial counsel in a twelve-day jury trial in Phoenix, winning a $296 million verdict for Arizona developers Gray Development and Gray Services. The case involved ZOM’s misuse of Gray’s proprietary development plans and breach of non-circumvention and non-disclosure agreements.
• Treyled Life Settlements LLC v. Campos Trust. Lead attorney in a five-day arbitration, resulting in a complete win for Treyled– $2 million arbitration award, plus fees and costs, and take-nothing on opposing party’s counterclaims. The case involved complex issues of securities and state-law licensing.
• Maiden Biosciences Inc. v. DSS, Inc. et al. Following a six-day federal trial in Dallas, won a $15 million jury verdict on fraudulent-transfer claims on behalf of a Maryland collagen manufacturer. The case involved complicated accounting issues and the values of tangible and intangible assets. The judgment included actual damages and exemplary damages.
• Kingston Wind Independence, LLC et al. v. Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ltd. et al. Lead trial lawyer in a 13-day ICDR commercial arbitration seated in London. The case concerned wind turbines purchased by claimants, with fraud and contract claims. Following post-hearing submissions, the case settled favorably.
• Business Logic Holding Corporation v. Morningstar et al. In a complex case involving financial software in the retirement sector, first-chaired a trial team that secured a $61 million cash recovery that represented 95% maximum claimed damages by our client, Business Logic. Reached the last business day before jury selection, the agreement is the 9th largest disclosed trade-secrets settlement in the U.S. Also argued summary judgment, which preserved our misappropriation and breach-of-contract claims and disposed of Morningstar’s counterclaim against our client.
• Joseph Hardesty, et al. v. County of Sacramento. Helped secure a unanimous $107 million federal jury trial win (after five weeks of testimony) for two mining families in California. Plaintiffs alleged that the County of Sacramento violated their procedural and substantive due process rights by improperly shutting down a sand-gravel mine at the urging of a large competitor (#21 U.S. verdict of 2017). Liability was affirmed on appeal but remanded for excessive damages.
• Polyzen, Inc. v. RadiaDyne, L.L.C. First-chaired a defense victory in a four-day jury trial in Raleigh representing defendant RadiaDyne, the designer of balloons used in prostate cancer therapy. Before trial, the court dismissed all patent claims brought by the plaintiff, a manufacturer of medical balloons. At trial, the jury unanimously found for our client on plaintiff’s trade secret claim and its claim for unpurchased inventory. The jury also found that plaintiff breached the relevant contract, competed unfairly with our client, and failed to return tooling paid for by RadiaDyne. After a seven-year journey, the case resulted in a judgment for monetary damages for RadiaDyne, which has since been affirmed by the Federal Circuit.
• Fulcrum Credit Partners v. Strategic Capital Resources, Inc. After a four-day jury trial, won a complete victory for plaintiff Fulcrum, giving the client its full measure of lost damages and its attorney fees. The verdict was named one of the top 15 Texas contract verdicts for the year.
• Ruben Rodriguez v. Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. Secured a complete dismissal of a breach of contract claim brought against client Helmerich & Payne by a subcontract employee who allegedly was injured on an H&P rig located on Encana’s property. Granting our motion to dismiss, the Court held that the plaintiff could not establish he was a third-party beneficiary of his daywork drilling contract where he only pleaded that he received incidental benefits from H&P’s obligations under the contract.
• Sanchez v. Noble Energy. Secured dismissal of a nuisance and personal injury lawsuit brought against Noble Energy in Texas state court involving an alleged accident that occurred in Colorado. After briefing and argument, the court granted our motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens, dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice.

Professional Honors & Affiliations

• The American Lawyer: Awarded “Litigator of the Week” for securing a $667 million trial verdict for the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
• The American Lawyer: Awarded “Litigator of the Week” for securing a $296 million trial verdict for two real estate development companies in Arizona.
• Lawdragon: “500 Leading Litigators in America,” 2023-2026.
• Lawdragon: “500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management,” 2025-2026.
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers in Texas Commercial Litigation, 2015-2026
• Chambers USA: Litigation: Trial Lawyers in Texas, 2025-2026
• The Best Lawyers in America® in Intellectual Property Litigation, 2016-2026
• The Best Lawyers in America® in Commercial Litigation, 2018-2026
• The Best Lawyers in America® in Arbitration and Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2023-2026
• “Top 100 Super Lawyer” in Texas, Thomson Reuters, 2023-2024
• “Top 100 Super Lawyer” in Houston, Thomson Reuters, 2020-2024
• “Texas Super Lawyer” in Business Litigation, Thomson Reuters, 2013-2024
• “Texas Rising Star,” Thomson Reuters, 2008-2013
• Houston Top Lawyer” in Business Litigation, H Magazine
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fellow, International Society of Barristers
• 2012 Woodrow B. Seals Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Houston Young Lawyers Association
• Outstanding Young Alumnus of Baylor University, 2008
• Chair, Duke Law School Board of Visitors

Presentations & Publications

• Adjunct Professor, Duke Law School, Complex Civil Litigation (2026), Hearings Practice (2017-2026)
• “Business Disputes 2022 Course,” State Bar of Texas, September 2022 (speaker)
• “Helping Clients Overcome Financial Hurdles Mid-Litigation,” Law360, July 16, 2020 (co-author)
• “Nuisance – Trespass and Limitations Issues,” 42nd Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, 2019 (presenter)
• “Discovery of Damages in TCPA Cases,” 32nd Annual Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, 2019 (presenter and co-author)
• “Business Development, Marketing and Networking Strategies,” Practice Skills for Young Lawyers, Texas Young Lawyers Association of State Bar of Texas, March 2017 (panelist)
• “Commercial Litigation Trends in Texas,” Financier Worldwide, November 2016
• “Trends in Commercial Litigation,” State Bar 8th Annual Business Disputes Conference, September 2016 (presenter and co-author)

Education & Professional Background

• Duke University, J.D., summa cum laude, 2001 (Order of the Coif, Editor-in-Chief, 2000-2001, Duke Law Journal)
• University of Cambridge, M.Phil., First Class Honors, 1999
• Baylor University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1997 (Phi Beta Kappa, Outstanding Graduate, College of Arts & Sciences, Student Body President, Permanent Class President)

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Patrick W. Dennis is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Practice Group. Pat has extensive experience representing clients in general manufacturing, energy, banking, aerospace, real estate, construction, electronics, oil and gas, cement making, and lead recycling in a wide range of environmental matters. He has substantial experience in the following areas:

• Toxic Tort Litigation
• CERCLA Cost Recovery Litigation
• Defense of Environmental Enforcement Actions by Public & Private Parties
• Complex or Large Transactions with Environmental Issues
• Environmental Laws and Regulations Counseling

Pat is consistently named among the nation’s leading environmental law attorneys. Lawdragon includes him in its recent Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law guide, the sixth consecutive edition of the guide in which he is recognized. Who’s Who Legal recognizes Pat in its 2024 Thought Leaders: USA guide, which features lawyers with “vast expertise and experience advising on some of the world’s most significant and cutting-edge legal matters,” and the “ability to innovate, inspire, and go above and beyond to deliver for their clients.” He is also recommended for outstanding work in environmental law in Who’s Who Legal’s Environment & Climate Change guide. Since 2020, Pat has been included by Legal 500 US as a member of the “Hall of Fame” for Environmental Litigation, most recently being honored in 2024. In 2019, and all years prior since 2009, he was nationally ranked as one of just ten “Leading Lawyers” in Environmental Litigation by Legal 500US. For the past 23 years Pat has been ranked by Chambers USA, often in the Band One category, and was named a 2026 “Senior Statesperson” for California Environmental Law. He has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for Environmental Law and Environmental Litigation. In 2017, he was listed in Expert Guide’s Energy and Environment guide as a leading practitioner in Environmental Law. From 2012 to 2014, Best Lawyers named him Los Angeles Litigation – Environmental “Lawyer of the Year.” Pat received the 2016 CLAY (California Lawyer Attorney of the Year) award in the Real Estate and Development category for his role in the redevelopment of the Hollywood Park racetrack into a world class football stadium to house the Los Angeles Rams for their return to Los Angeles.

In 2009, Pat was elected to the exclusive American College of Environmental Lawyers by his peers. He was also a Chair and founding member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Environmental Law Section. Between 2017-2019, Pat was the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the California Science Center Foundation.

Among other successful appellate arguments, Pat represented (1) the Atlantic Richfield Company in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal decision reported at Wilshire Westwood Associates v. Atlantic Richfield Corporation, 881 F.2d 801 (1988) (excluding refined petroleum products from CERCLA coverage under the so-called “petroleum exclusion”); (2) the Climate Action Reserve in the California Second Appellate District decision reported at Our Children’s Earth Foundation v. California Air Resources Board, 234 Cal. App. 4^th 870 (2015) (upholding the validity of the offset protocols for voluntary carbon emission reductions as part of California’s landmark Greenhouse Gas cap and trade regulations); Philip Morris USA in the trial court and appeal in Aranda v. Philip Morris USA Inc., 183 A.3d 1245 (Del. 2018) (establishing a new and more rigorous test for fórum non conveniens in Delaware by Delaware’s Supreme Court).

He received a B.S. (Civil Engineering – 1976); M.S. (Mechanical Engineering – 1978); and a J.D./MBA (1982), all from the University of California, Los Angeles. Pat has practiced exclusively in the environmental law area since graduating from law school.

Peter E. Seley is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the Environmental Litigation & Mass Torts Practice Group. Peter has represented clients handling foreign and domestic environmental matters for more than 25 years, and has been at the forefront of developing jurisprudence in mass tort litigation, environmental investigations, international environmental disputes, and the use of U.S. discovery mechanisms in foreign litigation.

He is recognized by Chambers USA in the Environment – Washington, D.C. category. Peter was recently recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a “Litigation Star.” Peter is a Vice Chair of the ABA SEER Committee on Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts and was recognized in the National Law Journal’s first edition of Energy & Environmental Trailblazers as one of the leading legal innovators on energy and environmental issues.

One of Peter’s cases, featured in multiple articles in legal trade publications and on 60 Minutes, involved a fraudulently obtained $19 billion judgment against Chevron for alleged environmental damages associated with oil production in the Oriente region of Ecuador. Peter led a team of Gibson Dunn attorneys in bringing more than 20 discovery actions in jurisdictions around the United States. Information developed during that discovery revealed that the Ecuadorian judgment was the product of fraud, and as a result, Chevron filed a civil RICO action in the Southern District of New York against the plaintiffs’ lawyers and co-conspirators involved in the Ecuador case and filed an international arbitration action against Ecuador.

Peter was one of the leaders of the Gibson Dunn trial team for the seven-week RICO trial in late 2013. In early 2014, the Southern District of New York issued a 487-page opinion finding that the plaintiffs’ lawyers and their co-conspirators had violated the RICO Act and conspired to violate the RICO Act, committing acts of extortion, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering. That ruling was upheld by the Second Circuit in 2016 and the U.S. Supreme Court in 2017. Peter continues to be involved in follow-on actions related to the massive Ecuador fraud.

Peter also represents Chevron in climate change litigation in multiple state and federal jurisdictions around the United States. He was involved in the first climate change “tutorial” held in federal court in 2018 and was one of the leaders of the team that successfully argued for dismissal of the first two climate change public nuisance cases to be considered on the merits.

Peter has managed a number of significant internal investigations regarding environmental issues, including compliance with regulatory requirements for automobile emissions, management of oil field wastes, and compliance with environmental regulations during wind-up of resource extraction operations. A number of these investigations are cross-border, multinational investigations involving billions of dollars of potential expenditures and the risk of civil or criminal sanctions.

Peter regularly handles mass tort and “contaminated community” toxic tort cases in courts around the country. He has, for example, handled cases involving personal injury and property damage claims based on vapor intrusion and exposure to crude oil in soil, allegations of exposure to hexavalent chromium and TCE in air and groundwater, and claims based on releases of solvents and metals from an aircraft manufacturing facility.

Peter also has represented clients and industry coalitions impacted by state and federal agency actions, including a multi-circuit challenge to an EPA Clean Water Act rulemaking impacting the nation’s pulp and paper industry, an APA challenge to a Department of Interior rulemaking on an agricultural payment-in-kind program, a challenge to the Department of the Interior’s “Roadless Rule” that would have made more than 50 million acres of woodlands off-limits for active management, Clean Air Act challenges to California regulation of automobile emissions and Virginia’s adoption of California “Zero Emission Vehicles,” and a variety of NEPA challenges to the Department of the Interior’s efforts to take agricultural land for various projects in South Florida.

Peter also has defended clients in numerous citizen suits and State and Federal enforcement actions, involving a variety of different statutory and regulatory programs, including a multi-million dollar citizen suit in the Maryland District and Bankruptcy Courts alleging violations of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, TSCA, and various state laws, a multi-million dollar citizen suit in South Florida alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act, a $600 million Clean Air Act/New Source Review EPA enforcement action in Maryland, a large CERCLA/RCRA groundwater cleanup action in Southern California, a multi-million dollar CERCLA claim in Pennsylvania federal court involving novel successor liability issues, a multi-site Clean Water Act /RCRA criminal enforcement action in Virginia, and pre-enforcement defense of several clients investigated or in receipt of Notices of Violation under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, and State analogues.

Peter has represented clients prosecuting and defending CERCLA cost-recovery and contribution actions, including defending a $500 million CERCLA cost recovery action in Southern California, defending a multi-million dollar CERCLA claim in Virginia involving novel mixed funding/orphan share issues, prosecuting a $250 million CERCLA action against the United States for contribution based on government involvement at a contractor-operated manufacturing facility in California, and prosecuting a $100 million CERCLA action against the United States for involvement at a WWII-era aircraft component facility in New York.

Peter’s work also includes significant matters before Federal appellate courts, including appeals in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits, and amicus briefs filed in numerous appellate courts and in the Supreme Court.

Andy Chen is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn where he is a member of the Finance, Private Equity, and Oil and Gas Practice Groups. Andy advises clients on debt financings, including corporate lending transactions and leveraged acquisition financings in the oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, and oilfield services sectors, as well as the renewable and clean energy sectors.

Andy represents both capital providers and borrowers in connection with credit facilities and note purchase facilities, including acquisition financings, reserve-based lending facilities, second lien credit facilities and cash flow loans. In addition, he has experience with debtor-in-possession financings, exit financings, workouts and restructurings, and complex cross-border transactions. Andy was recognized in Chambers USA 2025 & 2026 as “Up and Coming” in Texas Banking & Finance.

Representative Experience*

Lender Representations

• JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent – $1.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility for Coterra Energy Inc.
• Mercuria Investments US, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent – $20 million secured term loan credit facility for American Battery Technology Company
• Administrative Agent – $40 million revolving credit facility and separate $35 million term loan credit facility for solar panel installation company
• MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as administrative agent – secured $1.75 billion revolving credit facility and separate $750 million term credit facility in connection with the exit financing for Chesapeake Energy Corporation
• SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent – secured $750 million revolving credit facility in connection with the acquisition of Landmark Infrastructure Partners LP
• Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent – secured $155 million unitranche credit facility, including a $25 million delayed draw feature, extended to a privately held exploration and production company with acreage and producing assets located in Texas and Oklahoma
• JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent – pre-petition asset-based loan facility in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of BJ Services, LLC and its affiliates
• Administrative Agent – $1.38 billion senior revolving credit facility, $500 million senior secured term loan facility and $317 million 364-day senior secured second lien term loan facility for Weatherford International
• Energy-focused investment firm – $100 million second lien term loan facility for acquisition by DJR Energy LLC’s of Encana’s San Juan Basin assets located in northern New Mexico
• Administrative Agent – $250 million senior secured reserved-based revolving credit facility with an initial borrowing base of $40 million for a privately held oil and gas company with assets concentrated in the Eagle Ford Basin
• Various arrangers and administrative agents in reserve-based revolving credit facilities for exploration and production companies with assets in basins throughout the United States

Borrower/Sponsor Representations

• Presidio Investment Holdings LLC (Presidio Petroleum) – a portfolio company of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, in the largest to date by value securitization of oil and gas proved develop producing (PDP) assets
• Sponsor-backed biofuels company – $80 million senior secured term loan and separate $50 million unsecured term loan in connection with the conversion of an oil refinery to a renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel production facility
• Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC – $1 billion senior secured revolving credit facility to support company’s continued expansion
• Represented client on subscription facility with Citibank for EMG Fund V
• Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners – $1.5 billion senior secured term loan B facility and separate senior secured revolving credit facility’ in connection with Oryx Midstream Services
• CITGO Petroleum Corporation – $1.2 billion senior secured term loan B facility
• CITGO Holding. Inc. – $500 million senior secured term loan B facility
• Amcor plc – $4.5 billion multi-tranche senior revolving and term loan credit facilities in connection with Amcor’s acquisition of Bemis Company Inc
• Archrock Partners – $1.1 billion secured revolving credit facility
• Energy-focused sponsor – $100 million secured revolving credit facility in connection with the acquisition of a water supply company
• Energy-focused sponsor – $285 million secured revolving credit facility in connection with the acquisition of oil and gas assets located in the Western Anadarko Basin
• Privately held upstream exploration & production company – $5 billion senior secured term loan B facility

Andy earned his Juris Doctor from University of Virginia School of Law, during which he was a member of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology and interned for The Office of Virginia Attorney General and on Capitol Hill for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Andy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania.

While attending university, Andy co-founded a summer science camp for underprivileged middle school students in the Philadelphia area. He is a member of the Houston Bar Association.

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Brian Lane is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group. He spends extensive time on the West Coast.

He counsels companies of all sizes on sophisticated corporate governance and regulatory issues under the federal securities laws. He is often the first call when the board of directors of a public company is facing a crisis involving regulatory or accounting issues, as well as a shakeup in management or sensitive matters. His practice focuses on helping clients with SEC inquiries, audit committee investigations, challenging disclosure and regulatory solutions, as well as raise capital in public and private offerings, and developing unique and sophisticated securities products.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, “Band 1: Securities: Regulation: Advisory” (2005 – 2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America, “Corporate Compliance Law”, “Corporate Governance Law”, Securities/Capital Markets Law”, “Securities Regulation” (2006 – 2026)
• Who’s Who Legal, “M&A and Governance” (2023 – 2024)
• Expert Guides, “Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide” (2020 – 2022)
• BTI Consulting Group, “Client Service All-Stars” (2018, 2019, 2022)

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Brian spent 16 years with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) culminating as Counsel to the Chairman and the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance where he supervised over 300 attorneys and accountants in all matters related to disclosure and accounting by public companies (e.g. M&A, capital raising, disclosure in periodic reports and proxy statements).

Brian received his law degree in 1983 from the American University, Washington College of Law and earned a B.A. degree magna cum laude in 1980 from Washburn University.

Lori Zyskowski is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s New York office and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group. Lori advises public companies, their boards of directors, and committees on corporate governance matters, securities disclosure and compliance issues, shareholder engagement and activism matters, shareholder proposals, environmental, social and governance matters, and executive compensation practices.

Lori’s practice focuses on fiduciary duties, oversight of enterprise risks, director independence, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements, proxy statements, annual shareholders meetings, proxy advisory services, and executive compensation disclosure best practices. Lori also advises on board succession planning, board evaluations, and has considerable experience advising nonprofit organizations on governance matters.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, “Corporate Governance” (2026)
• Chambers USA, “Securities: Regulation: Advisory” (2024 – 2026)
• Lawdragon, “500 Leading Dealmakers” (2024 – 2025)
• Expert Guides, “World’s Leading Women in Business Law” (2021 – 2022)

Lori is a Fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel, an organization of leading corporate governance lawyers from the U.S. and Canada. She is a frequent speaker on governance, proxy and securities disclosure panels and is very active in the corporate governance community. She is a former member of the board of directors of the Society for Corporate Governance and previously served as the President of its New York Chapter.

She graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 1996 and was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Lori received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Lori served as internal securities and corporate counsel at several large publicly traded companies, providing a unique insight and perspective on the issues that her clients face.

Julia Lapitskaya is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group and co-chair of the ESG: Risk, Litigation and Reporting Practice Group. Julia’s practice focuses on SEC, NYSE/Nasdaq and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 compliance, securities and corporate governance disclosure issues, board and committee matters, corporate governance best practices, state corporate laws, the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, SEC regulations, investor engagement and shareholder activism matters, proxy and annual meeting matters, sustainability and corporate responsibility matters, and executive compensation disclosure issues, including as part of initial public offerings and spin-off transactions.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, “Corporate Governance” (2026)
• Chambers USA, “Securities: Regulation: Advisory” (2025 – 2026)
• Lawdragon, “500 X – The Next Generation” (2024)
• Euromoney, “Rising Star Awards” (2022)
• Expert Guides, “Rising Stars” (2022)

Julia is a frequent author and speaker on securities law and ESG issues and is a member of the Society for Corporate Governance. She contributed to chapters in the “Executive Compensation Disclosure Handbook: A Practical Guide to the SEC’s Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules”, as well as the PLI Treatise titled “Climate Change, Sustainable Investments, and Social Governance: Law and Compliance.”  

Julia earned her Juris Doctor in 2010 from the New York University School of Law, where she served as Developments Editor of the Journal of International Law and Politics. Prior to attending law school, she graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Political Science and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Gerry Spedale is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn where he practices in the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group. He has a broad corporate practice, advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets transactions and corporate governance. He has extensive experience advising public companies, private companies, investment banks and private equity groups. With over 30 years of experience covering a broad range of industries, Gerry focuses on the energy industry, including upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield services and utilities.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, “Capital Markets: Debt & Equity” (2019 – 2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America, “Securities/Capital Markets Law” (2012 – 2026)
• Lawdragon, “500 Leading Energy Lawyers” (2023 – 2025)
• Texas Super Lawyers, “Securities & Corporate Finance”, “Mergers & Acquisitions” (2019 – 2020, 2023 – 2025)

Representative Clients and Transactions:

• Advised Dynamix Corporation on its pending business combination with The Ether Reserve, LLC
• Advised Juniper Capital on the combination of its Upstream Rocky Mountain portfolio companies and Amplify Energy Corp., an independent oil and natural gas company
• The Conflicts Committee of Delek Logistics on the purchase of a joint venture interest in the Wink to Webster Pipeline
• Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. in connection with its conversion from a master limited partnership to a C-Corporation
• Dril-Quip, Inc., a developer, manufacturer, and provider of highly engineered equipment, service and innovative technologies for use in the energy industry, on its merger with Innovex Downhole Solutions, Inc.
• Oaktree Capital Management L.P. in connection with its joint $460 million ESG-aligned asset backed securitization transaction with Diversified Energy Company
• SilverBow Resources, Inc. in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Sundance Energy, an operator of onshore oil and gas exploration properties, for a purchase price of $354 million paid through a mix of cash and SilverBow stock
• Oxy Low Carbon Ventures on (i) its purchase of Series G-1 preferred stock in Newlight Technologies, a leader in decarbonization technology, and (ii) its equity investment in Cemvita Factory, a company focused on transforming CO2 into value-added products
• TLG Acquisition One Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its merger with Electriq Power, a provider of intelligent energy storage and management for homes and small businesses
• Chief E&D Holdings, LP and Tug Hill, Inc. in the $2.65 billion acquisition by Chesapeake Energy Corporation of Chief E&D Holdings and associated interests held by affiliates of Tug Hill
• USD Partners LP in the sale of its Casper rail terminal to South 49 Holdings Ltd., a member of the Midstream Energy Partners group of companies

Gerry earned his Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 1993 from Tulane University Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He graduated cum laude in 1990 from Louisiana State University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.

Cynthia Mabry is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn where she is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group. She represents public and private entities, investors, and underwriters in capital markets and finance transactions, including offerings of equity and debt securities.

Cynthia also provides counsel on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and compliance matters, and joint ventures. She is particularly experienced with clients engaged in the energy industry, including utilities, oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services, and other related sectors. Cynthia advises clients on governance structures and rapidly evolving legal and compliance issues related to climate change, environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), and sustainability reporting.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, “Capital Markets: Debt & Equity” (2020 – 2026)
• Texas Super Lawyers, “Super Lawyer for Securities & Corporate Finance” (2023 – 2025); “Rising Star” (2017-2020)
• Lawdragon, “500 Leading U.S. Energy Lawyers” (2023 – 2025)
• BTI, Client Service All Star (2022; 2025)
• The Best Lawyers in America, “Corporate Law” (2021 – 2025)  
• Expert Guides, “Rising Stars” (2022)
• The Houston Business Journal, “Women Who Mean Business” (2022)

Representative Clients and Transactions:

Securities Offerings

• TGS ASA (Oslo: TGS) on its refinancing of existing debt with its debut Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes
• Ovintiv Inc.’s (NYSE: OVV) underwritten offering of $2.3 billion aggregate principal amount of investment grade senior notes
• Diversified Energy (NYSE, LSE: DE) in secondary offering of common shares by large shareholders
• Legacy Owners of Endeavor Energy LP (SGF Capital): Largest secondary offering in oil and gas industry, registered offering of $2.2 billion of common stock of Diamondback Energy (NYSE: FANG)
• The underwriters in multiple public offerings of more than $8.7 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes by Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM)
• LyondellBasell’s (NYSE: LYB) in multiple underwritten offerings of more than $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of guaranteed notes
• The underwriters in NuStar Energy L.P.’s (NYSE: NS) offering of 13,000,000 common units
• Aris Water Solutions, Inc.’s (NYSE: ARIS) Rule 144A offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes
• Noble Corporation’s (NYSE: NE) offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes to finance its acquisition of Diamond Offshore Drilling
• Silverbow’s (NYSE: SBOW) $148 million follow-on equity offering
• Star Leasing Company, LLC (d/b/a Transportation Equipment Network (TEN)) on its debut Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes
• ProFrac Holding Corp (NASDAQ: ACDC) on its $885 million refinancing of existing senior secured term loan and other debt with a private offering of senior secured notes and a secured term loan; $85 million debut follow-on common stock offering

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV) in the financing of its $2.377 billion acquisition of all leasehold interest and related assets of Paramount Resources Ltd. 
• Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV) in the financing of its $4.275 billion acquisition of all leasehold interest and related assets of Black Swan Oil & Gas, PetroLegacy Energy and Piedra Resources
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Atlas Corp. (NYSE: ATCO) in a $10.9 billion take-private transaction
• Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of Holly Energy Partners (NYSE: HEP) in its merger with HF Sinclair Corporation (NYSE: DINO) in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion

Cynthia received her J.D. from The University of Houston Law Center in 2010. In 2004, she graduated from Louisiana State University with her Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Prior to practicing law, Cynthia worked as a senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Houston.

Cynthia serves on the board of the University of Houston Law Foundation and is Co-Chair of the University of Houston Law Center’s Women of the Law. She is also a member of the advisory council to the Louisiana State University Ogden Honors College and the advisory council to the Tahirih Justice Center, Houston.

Stewart L. McDowell is a partner in the San Francisco and New York offices of Gibson Dunn where she is Co-Chair of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group.

Stewart represents companies, investors and underwriters in a variety of complex capital markets transactions, including IPOs, convertible and non-convertible debt and preferred equity offerings, spin-offs, PIPEs and liability management transactions. She also represents companies in connection with U.S. and cross-border M&A and strategic investments, SEC reporting, corporate governance and general corporate matters.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, “Capital Markets: Debt & Equity” (2012 – 2026)
• Best Lawyers®, “Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, San Francisco” (2019, 2026) “Lawyer of the Year: Banking and Finance Law, San Francisco” (2021)
• Expert Guides, “Women in Business Law” (2021 – 2022)
• Expert Guides, “Banking, Finance and Transactional Guide” (2020)

Representative Clients and Transactions:

• Advised issuers or underwriters in the IPOs of issuers including Cricut, Parson Corporation, Zevia PBC, Viant, Restoration Hardware, and Magnite
• Advised the Public Investment Fund on multiple investments in Lucid Group, including convertible preferred stock, common stock and prepaid forward transactions
• Advised issuers such as Coget Bioscience, Magnite, and Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., Welltower Inc., and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals in the issuance of convertible senior notes
• Wells Fargo Securities Advised in over $100 billion of offerings by Wells Fargo & Company and Wells Fargo Bank
• Advised Intuit Inc. in the issuance of $4.0 billion of Senior Notes
• Advised Elliott Management in its convertible preferred stock investments in Western Digital and Travelport
• Advised Glassdoor, Inc. in its sale to Recruit Holdings, Ltd.
• Advised Uber Technologies, Inc. in the sale of its South East Asia business to Grab Taxi
• Advised HTC Corporation in its business cooperation arrangements involving sale of a portion of HTC’s virtual reality business and smart phone business to Google

Stewart received her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1995 and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1991.

Scott J. Greenberg is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s New York office, Global Chair of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

Scott focuses on representing debtors and creditors in in-court and out-of-court restructurings. Chambers USA describes Scott as “an exceptional lawyer and dealmaker” that is “brilliant, super connected and great at managing adversaries and clients.” As “one of the best in the market at navigating complex situations”, he “offers strong expertise representing lenders in connection with Chapter 11 cases”, particularly those in the retail and pharmaceutical sectors.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, Band 1 NY and Nationwide “Bankruptcy/Restructuring” (2016 – 2026)
• Legal500, “Hall of Fame: Restructuring” (2025)
• The Best Lawyers in America®, “Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights, Insolvency and Reorganization Law”, and “Bankruptcy Litigation” (2024 – 2026)
• Lawdragon, ““Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyer” (2023 – 2025), “Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyer” (2022), and “500 Leading Lawyers in America” (2022)
• Turnarounds & Workouts, “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers” (2020 – 2022, 2024 – 2025)
• IFLR1000, “Highly Regarded” (2024)
• New York Metro Super Lawyers (2016 – 2024)
• The Legal 500 US, “Leading Lawyer: Restructuring” (2023 – 2024)
• The American Lawyer, “Dealmaker of the Year” (2021)
• Law360, “Bankruptcy MVP” and “Rising Star” (2015)

Scott represents distressed companies as lead counsel and has a market-leading practice on the credit side where he recently represented term lenders in:

• The $1.1 billion new money debtor-in-possession financing and chapter 11 cases of First Brands Group, a global automotive aftermarket parts supplier.
• The global restructuring of Altice France, addressing approximately €25 billion of secured debt and represented the first large scale liability management exercise in Europe.
• The restructuring of package delivery company Lasership in restructuring $1.5 billion in maturing liens.
• Representing an ad hoc group of first lien lenders and unsecured noteholders of Cision, an international communications and PR platform and software provider, in a Liability Management exercise.
• The restructuring of CommScope, an American network infrastructure provider base that designs and manufactures network infrastructure products, which secured commitments of over $3.15bn in new first lien term loans and $1bn in first lien notes.
• The restructuring of Global Medical Response, America’s leading provider of ground medical transportation and mobile healthcare services.
• The $946 million out-of-court debt restructuring of Jo-Ann Stores and its affiliates.
• The out-of-court distressed exchange for Radiology Partners, implementing a complex-multi-tranche exchange that involved a paydown of $250 million of secured debt and the issuance of $720 million of new equity.
• The prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring of Mallinckrodtplc and opioid trust formed in its previous bankruptcy case.
• The comprehensive, cross-border recapitalization of Venator Materials PLC, a global manufacturer and marketer of chemical products, through a prepackaged Chapter 11 process.
• The $1.2 billion Chapter 11 restructuring of North America’s largest cinema advertising network National CineMedia.
• The restructuring of Cyxtera Technologies, a Miami-based data center colocation and interconnection services provider.
• The debt restructuring of Envision Healthcare, a national medical group and KKR portfolio company.
• The out-of-court restructuring of Elevate Textile which reduced the company’s debt load to $384 million from $778 million.
• Filing for Chapter 11 protection to curt more than $8 billion of debt for Diamond Sports Group, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
• The $3.44 billion amend-and-extend transaction for Intrado, providing a substantial paydown and de-leveraging of the company.
• The out-of-court debt restructuring of The Geo Group, Inc., a fully integrated real estate investment trust.
• The $1.7 billion in debt issued by LED manufacturer Lumileds, LLC in connection with their successful prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization.
• The $6 billion sale of specialty pharmaceutical company Endo International’s assets to first-lien lenders in Chapter 11, ending a multiyear effort to resolve opioid liabilities.
• The debt restructuring of Form Technologies, a global oilfield products company.
• The $1 billion in-court debt restructuring of business process outsourcing company iQor US Inc.
• The Chapter 11 restructuring of private equity-backed restaurant franchisee NPC International after reaching a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with lenders.
• A $120 million term loan financing and sale of €160 of Tranche 1 Notes in the restructuring of Technicolor, SA.
• The $630.5 million out-of-court restructuring of Global Eagle Entertainment’s liquidity and capital structure.
• Serta Simmon’s sweeping victory in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, providing one of the largest bedding manufacturers in North America with capital structure relief and upholding the validity of a market-changing pre-bankruptcy financing transaction.

Scott received his law degree in 2002, with honors, from Emory University School of Law, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He graduated cum laude from Boston University in 1999.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Scott was a partner at Jones Day from 2013 to 2019, where he also served as co-head of the Jones Day Business Restructuring & Reorganization practice. He began his career as an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in their restructuring practice.

Scott is Chairman of the Board of One Simple Wish, a not-for-profit assisting children in foster care in the U.S.

Matthew J. Williams is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. Matthew represents creditor groups, committees, debtors, lenders and new capital providers in Chapter 11 bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings.

Matthew recently represented secured lender groups in the Chapter 11 or out-of-court restructurings of First Brands Group; Weight Watchers, Inc.; Hearthside Foods;  Jo-Ann’s Stores; Audacy, Inc.; Phoenix Services; Dunn Paper; Akorn Pharmaceuticals; Skillsoft; The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority; Tailored Brands; and Aegerion Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in his career, Matt represented the indenture trustee and chair of The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 restructuring of General Motors as well as ad hoc committees and/or official committees of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 restructurings of Aeromexico; Triangle Petroleum; iHeart; Dynegy; General Growth Properties; and Dana Automotive. He has also led company-side engagements in the Chapter 11 restructurings of Stimwave Technologies; Brookstone Holdings; Arcapita Bank; and The Sports Authority.

Matthew has been recognized as a leading bankruptcy attorney by numerous publications, including Chambers USA, “Bankruptcy/Restructuring: New York” (2008 – 2026); The Best Lawyers in America, “Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law” (2024 – 2026); Lawdragon, “500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers” (2024 – 2025) and “500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers” (2022 – 2024); Super Lawyers (2013 – 2024); Law360, “Bankruptcy MVP” (2015) and “Rising Star” (2010); and Turnaround & Workouts Magazine, “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers” (2010).

Matthew received his Juris Doctor, with high honors, from Rutgers University School of Law. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of New Jersey, cum laude. Matthew clerked for the Honorable Francis G. Conrad, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Vermont, following law school. Matthew is admitted in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.

Jeffrey C. Krause is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn where he is a member of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. He has a broad corporate restructuring practice that handles significant debtor and creditor representations, acquirers of assets from chapter 11 debtors, lessors, landlords, secured and unsecured creditors.

Jeff frequently advises boards and shareholders on fulfilling fiduciary duties and minimizing litigation risks when faced with financial distress. He represents defendants in preference actions, fraudulent transfer actions and large, complex commercial disputes, including lender liability claims.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, “Band 1 Bankruptcy/Restructuring: California” (2013 – 2026)
• Lawdragon, “500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers” (2022 – 2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America®, “Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law” (2003 – 2026) and “Lawyer of the Year” (2017)    
• Turnarounds & Workouts, “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer” (2018)

Representative Clients and Transactions:

• Represented Berkshire Hathaway Energy as proposed plan sponsor in the $18 billion acquisition of Energy Future Holdings
• Represented Blackstone, Cerberus, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and MSD & BDT as secured lenders in restructuring transactions and enforcement of secured debt
• Represented BrightSpire Credit 1, LLC as mortgage lender on San Jose hotel through two chapter 11 cases
• Represented Divco as landlord and mezzanine lender in multiple chapter 11 cases
• Represented Mercury Financial in connection with the collapse and bankruptcy filing of Synapse Financial Technologies
• Represented officers and directors of Tattooed Chef, Inc. in multiple actions, including securities litigation and action by litigation trustee appointed under chapter 11 plan
• Represented Romano’s Macaroni Grill as chapter 11 debtor
• Represented Space X as purchaser of assets out of chapter 11 case of Akoustis Technologies, Inc
• Represented Welltower as term loan lender and landlord in chapter 11 case on skilled nursing facility operator, Genesis Health Care, Inc. and multiple other restructuring matters and as buyer of distressed assets

Memberships and Professional Involvement:

• Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association (Former Member of Executive Committee of Section on Commercial Law and Bankruptcy and Past Chair of Pro Bono Debtor Assistance Project)
• Member, Sections on Litigation and Business Law, American Bar Association (Past Co-Chairman of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Committee of the Litigation Section)
• Member, TMA Distressed Investing Conference Planning Committee (2022)
• Trustee, Turnaround Management Association Global Leadership (2024)
• Vice President Elect, Education, Turnaround Management Association Global Leadership (2025)
• President, Turnaround Management Association, Southern California Chapter (2017)
• Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California School of Law (1994-2000) (2002)
• Board Member, Financial Lawyers Conference (1999-2002)
• Director, California Bankruptcy Forum (1997-2000)
• President, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (1996-1997)
• Member, Debtor-Creditor Committee, Business Law Section (1992-1995)
• Member, UCC Committee, Business Law Section, State Bar of California (1987-1990)
• Adjunct Professor, Loyola School of Law teaching Real Property Secured Transactions (1987-1988)

Publications:

• “In a Class All Their Own,” Vol. 20, No. 5, Los Angeles Lawyers 42 (July-August 1997)
• “Whose Lawyer Are You: Fiduciary Obligations of Debtor in Possession’s Counsel,” 31 Beverly Hill Bar Ass’n Journal, Vol. 2 (1997)
• “Appellate Practice Educational Materials for Federal Judicial Center Programs for New Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges,” (1996 and 1997);
• “Non-Collusive Foreclosure Sales of Real Property Are Not Avoidable As Fraudulent Transfers,” 3 ABA Bankr. Litigation Newsletter 18, (1995)
• “The Bias of the Courts Against Single Asset Real Estate Cases is Creating Bad Law in the Area of Classification,” 22 Cal. Bankr. J. 45, (1994)
• “Foreclosure Sales Should Not Be Treated As Fraudulent Transfers,” 1 ABA Bankr. Litigation Newsletter 7, (1993)
• “United States Trustee Guidelines Regarding Prepetition Retainers,” 18 Cal. Bankr. J. 135, (1990)
• “California Real Property Financing: Bankruptcy and Secured Real Property Transactions,” CEB, (1989) (Contributing Author)
• “Treatment of Prepetition Retainers,” 17 Cal. Bankr. J. 153, (1989)
• Steinberg, Bankruptcy Litigation, (1989) (Contributing Author)
• Consultant, Bernhardt, California Mortgage and Deed of Trust Practice (2d ed. 1989 CEB)

Speaking Engagements:

• American Bankruptcy Institute Complex Financial Restructuring Program (2019, 2020, 2022)
• UCLA School of Law and Financial Lawyers Conference, “Bankruptcy Nuts and Bolts all day seminar: Asset Sales under Bankruptcy Code section 363” and “Executory Contracts under Bankruptcy Code section 365”
• USC Gould School of Law Real Estate Law and Business Forum, “Real Estate Valuation in Workouts and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases and Other Valuation Triggering Events”
• Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, “Be WARNed: Risks of Liability for Insiders, Secured Lenders and Buyers for Unpaid Employment Related Claims”
• Turnaround Managers Association, Southern California Chapter, “Distressed Valuations – ‘What is the Right Real Estate Valuation Approach and How to Plead Your Case!’”
• Turnaround Managers Association, Annual Western Regional Conference, “Litigation of Valuation Issues for Operating Businesses and Cramdown Interest Rates After Momentive”
• California Receiver’s Forum, “Labor and Employment Issues for Receivers Administering Operating Business”
• American Bankruptcy Institute Battleground West, “Healthcare Restructuring”
• Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, “Recent Developments Debate Program”

Jeff attended the University of California Los Angeles, where he received his B.S. in Economics in 1977, and his J.D. in 1980. Jeff served on the UCLA Law Review, and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

AnnElyse Scarlett Gains is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson Dunn where she practices in the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. Her practice focuses on corporate restructurings, distressed financing, liability management transactions, and other special situation transactions in acquisitions, out-of-court restructurings, and Chapter 11 cases. AnnElyse advises boards of directors, board committees, and senior management on a range of issues, including fiduciary duties and corporate governance. In addition, she represents ad hoc groups, lenders, investors, purchasers, and other stakeholders evaluating strategic transactions with target companies facing actual and potential economic distress.

 

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, “Bankruptcy/Restructuring: District of Columbia” (2024 – 2026)
• Lawdragon, “500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers” (2023 – 2025)
• Law360, “Rising Star” (2024)
• The Deal, “Top Women in Dealmaking” (2023)
• Turnarounds & Workouts, “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer” (2023)

Representative Clients and Transactions:

Stakeholder Representations*

• An ad hoc group of DIP lenders and term loan lenders in the chapter 11 cases of First Brands Group LLC, a global automotive aftermarket parts supplier. First Brands commenced bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas and received approval for $1.1 billion in new money debtor-in-possession financing provided by the ad hoc group with a roll-up of $3.3 billion of prepetition term loan debt held by participating lenders.
• An ad hoc group of lenders and term loan DIP lenders in the chapter 11 cases of Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc. Ascend commenced bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas and received approval to incur approx. $900M in DIP Financing. During the proceedings, Ascend will address its over $2 billion funded debt obligations and pursue a comprehensive deleveraging transaction.
• An ad hoc group of lenders of German-based Heubach Group in connection with the sale of the entire business operations to Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited (SCIL). The cross-border transaction is structured as a combination of an asset and share deal.
• RXR Realty in the restructuring of approximately $360 million of indebtedness of View, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIEWQ) in View’s chapter 11 proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• A controlling ad hoc group of first lien lenders in Dynata, LLC in its chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Dynata filed for bankruptcy with a restructuring support agreement that contemplated approximately $80 million of new money financing and a comprehensive restructuring of over $1.3 billion of funded debt.
• An ad hoc group of lenders and DIP lenders of Thrasio Holdings, Inc. in their prearranged chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Thrasio is the largest aggregator of Amazon brands in the world. Thrasio filed for bankruptcy with a restructuring support agreement that contemplated up to $90 million of new money financing and a comprehensive restructuring of over $3 billion of funded debt.
• An ad hoc group of first lien lenders and DIP lenders in the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of Audacy, Inc. in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Audacy is the second largest radio company in the United States and a leader in providing local news, sports radio, and music broadcasting. The restructuring included complex FCC considerations and restructured approximately $1.9 billion of the Debtors’ funded debt.
• An ad hoc group of cross-holders and DIP lenders in the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of Venator Materials PLC. Venator is a leading global producer of TiO2, manufactuer and seller of higher value-added functional additives, color pigments and timber treatment chemicals, and operates 20 facilities globally. The restructuring implemented a complex cross-border agreement to recapitalize Venator’soperations both domestically and internationally.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Loyalty Ventures, Inc. in its chapter 11 case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Pursuant to the comprehensive cross-border deal with the ad hoc group, Loyalty Ventures sold two business segments: (i) AIR MILES and (ii) the BrandLoyalty. This deal was implemented across various international proceedings in the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. Loyalty Ventures is a leading Canadian rewards program, with over 11 million active collector accounts within approximately two-thirds of all Canadian households.
• A controlling ad hoc group of term loan lenders to Akorn, Inc. Akorn was an American pharmaceuticals manufacturer that was an industry leader in branded and generic products in alternate dosage forms.
• Knighthead Capital Management, LLC and Certares Opportunities LLC in their successful $5.916 billion purchase of Hertz Corporation, one of the largest car rental companies in the world, out of its chapter 11 cases, following a multi-month competitive auction.*  
• The founder of Millennium Health, LLC and majority equity owner of Millennium Lab Holdings II, LLC, one of the nation’s largest drug-testing laboratories, in Millennium’s prepackaged chapter 11 cases. After a heavily contested confirmation hearing and series of appeals, the bankruptcy court held, on remand, that it had the constitutional authority to grant third-party releases notwithstanding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Stern v. Marshall. This decision was subsequently upheld by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.*

Company-Side Matters

• KLDiscovery Inc., a leading global provider of electronic discovery, information governance, and data recovery technology solutions, in connection with a recapitalization and consensual deleveraging transaction with its convertible debenture holders, term loan lenders, revolving credit facility lender, and largest shareholder.
• Cornerstone Chemical Company in its successful out-of-court restructuring and deleveraging transaction.
• Voyager Digital Holdings, Inc.,in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Voyager Digital is one of the largest cryptocurrency platforms in the world, allowing customers to buy, sell, trade, and store more than 100 cryptocurrencies and supporting over $1.3 billion in aggregate cryptocurrency holdings on the platform.
• Navient Solutions LLC in securing dismissal of an involuntary chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Navient is a leader in education loan management and business processing solutions for education, healthcare, and government entities. The Bankruptcy Court dismissed the involuntary case just two weeks after it commenced.
• Oasis Petroleum Inc.,in prepackaged chapter 11 cases filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas to restructure approximately $2.3 billion in debt obligations. Oasis is a Houston, Texas based company that operates in the upstream and midstream oil and gas sectors.
• Groupe Dynamite, a Canadian fashion retailer specializing in women’s apparel and accessories in its Chapter 15 proceedings in Delaware to recognize proceedings commenced in Canada under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). Groupe Dynamite used the insolvency process to redefine its retail operations to a new COVID-19 friendly model.
• Ultra Petroleum Corp.,  in their comprehensive deleveraging and balance-sheet restructuring, accomplished through prepackaged chapter 11 cases filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas and a parallel Canadian recognition proceeding filed in the Supreme Court of Yukon in 2020. Ultra is one of the largest oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in Wyoming.
• Pier 1 Imports, Inc.,in their chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Pier 1 was a publicly-traded omnichannel retailer specializing in home furnishings and décor with 923 stores in the United States and Canada.   
• iHeartMedia, Inc., one of the world’s leading global multi-platform media, entertainment, and data companies, in their chapter 11 restructuring. iHeart is the largest radio broadcaster in the United States and specializes in radio, digital, outdoor, mobile, social, live events, on-demand entertainment and information services for local and national communities. The Company had consolidated debts of over $20 billion and the chapter 11 cases, which were the largest filed in 2018 based on outstanding debt, restructured over $16 billion of that debt.
• GenOn Energy, Inc.,in connection with their prearranged chapter 11 cases filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. GenOn is a wholesale power generation company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, with a focus on operations in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States—primarily operating in Pennsylvania and Maryland—and in California. Through the chapter 11 cases, GenOn restructured approximately $2.5 billion in funded indebtedness.
• Sabine Oil & Gas, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with approximately $2.6 billion in outstanding funded debt obligations, in their chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of New York. In 2017, the Turnaround Management Association recognized the successful restructuring of Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation with its “Large Company Transaction of the Year Award.”

AnnElyse earned her Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the University of Illinois School of Law, where she was a Lincoln Scholar and a Harno Scholar, while also serving as an Assistant Editor for the Journal of Law, Technology & Policy.  She received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University, graduating from the Hutton Honors College with High Honors and High Distinction and was a member of Indiana’s NCAA Women’s Division I Rowing team. After law school, AnnElyse served as a clerk for the Honorable Peter J. Walsh (ret.) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

AnnElyse is a military-spouse and enjoys giving back to the military and veteran community. Her pro bono practice focuses on the representation of veterans and she has experience representing veterans with claims for trauma-related disabilities. She is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation.

*Representations occurred prior to AnnElyse’s association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

Ty Shockley is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department. His practice focuses on securities litigation, securities enforcement and white collar investigations, and complex commercial and environmental litigation. He represents private and public companies, financial institutions, and their officers and directors in high-stakes disputes and in government and internal investigations.

Ty has experience defending securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation, with significant contribution to early case strategy and motion-to-dismiss briefing. He also represents clients in investigations before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, and self-regulatory organizations, as well as in internal investigations including whistleblower complaints. That work has included preparing for and attending witness interviews alongside clients with DOJ, SEC, and federal investigators, and managing complex document discovery and productions. In environmental and other complex litigation, Ty has helped manage jurisdiction-specific discovery needs across multiple coordinated actions.

Drawing on his background in accounting and auditing, Ty brings particular facility with financial statements and complex data to his securities and investigations work.

Ty earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2023. During his final semester of law school, Ty was an extern for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia and appeared in federal court under a third-year practice certificate.

Ty graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wyoming with separate Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting and in Agribusiness, and worked as an auditor prior to attending law school.

Ty is admitted to practice law in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.

Irvin De La O is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department with a focus on white collar defense and investigations. Irvin’s experience includes representing and advising clients in internal and government investigations brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as well as matters arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Irvin also has experience in an antitrust matter involving the European Union’s Digital Markets Act. He is a member of the firm’s Immigration Task Force.

Irvin maintains an active pro bono practice focused on civil rights. In the immigration space, he represents clients in family reunification efforts, asylum claims, adjustment of status, VAWA and SIJs petitions, and he has advocated before the U.S. Supreme Court by submitting an amicus brief in Bondi v. Lau. He has successfully represented numerous tenants facing eviction, defended victims of domestic violence, and worked on a matter before the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission.

Outside of his practice, Irvin serves on the Board of Directors of Clinica Romero, which provides healthcare services to more than 20,000 patients throughout Los Angeles County, and on the Inner City Law Center Pro Bono Council, where he supports efforts to prevent homelessness.

Irvin earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as a research assistant at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, was active in the Latin America Law Students Association, and secured a grant of asylum through the Georgetown CALS clinic. During law school, Irvin was elected to student government and earned top honors in Legal Research and Writing, receiving the award for Best Brief. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. 

Prior to law school, Irvin worked as an aide to then Congressmember Xavier Becerra and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. In those capacities, he worked on a number of issues related to international affairs, immigration, the environment, education, and military service academy nominations.

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