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.

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.

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.

 

 

 

​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.

 

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).

​Sharon I. Grysman is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Litigation Practice Group.

Sharon earned her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 2009, where she served as senior articles editor of NYU’s Journal of Legislation and Public Policy. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors in Philosophy from Brandeis University in 2004. Sharon graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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

Sogol K. Pirnazar is Of Counsel in the Century City office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices with the firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of its Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Securities Litigation, Transnational Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice Groups.

Sogol has a broad base of experience in complex commercial litigation matters, with a focus on science and technology-related disputes. Over her career, she has also developed extensive expertise in negotiating, managing, and defending all aspects of discovery in high-stakes, high-profile litigation and advising a number of top tier corporate clients on a wide range of evolving document preservation, collection, review, production, and privilege-related topics.

Her current engagements include representation of Chevron Corporation in a dozen pending climate change litigation matters brought by cities and counties alleging public and private nuisance, among other claims, stemming from the production and sale of fossil fuel products against several of the world’s leading oil and gas companies.

Previously, Sogol led Chevron Corporation’s extensive discovery efforts in a RICO lawsuit which culminated in a seven-week trial against conspirators seeking to enforce a fraudulent multi-billion dollar judgment procured in Ecuador. She later represented Chevron Corporation in several related enforcement litigation matters in other countries, including in Canada and Gibraltar.

Sogol’s significant engagements in recent years also include representation of a U.S. subsidiary of a French company, EDF Renewable Energy, in five breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation disputes, including a two-week arbitration hearing resulting in a ruling against the German manufacturer of defective wind turbines; and representation of the University of California in a seven-week bench and jury trial in California state court for claims of professional malpractice and breach of contract against an international actuarial and consulting firm.

In addition, her prior engagements include several major antitrust litigations, including representing Intel Corporation in a monopolization action brought by its largest competitor and the Federal Trade Commission; representing Covidien in a consolidated antitrust class action brought by direct purchasers of pulse oximetry products; representing PricewaterhouseCoopers in a complex securities fraud litigation brought by sophisticated institutional investors; representing Medtronic in several trade secret litigation matters; and several patent infringement cases involving computer software products.

Sogol earned her Juris Doctorate, with honors, from the University of Chicago in 2000. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering, magna cum laude, from the University of California in Los Angeles in 1994.

Sogol is admitted to practice law in the State Courts of California. She is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as well as the United States District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of California.

Steven E. Sletten, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, joined the firm in 1983. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, its Class Action Practice Group, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice Group, and its International Arbitration Practice Group. Mr. Sletten has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation and counseling clients on related issues, including class and mass actions, antitrust, competition issues generally, insurance and reinsurance, construction issues, and arbitration (both domestic and international). Mr. Sletten’s litigation, arbitration and counseling experience includes work for companies in many industry groups including building, telecommunications, chemical, microchip, hospitality, insurance/reinsurance, entertainment, music, transportation, banking, manufacturing, and other industries.  Mr. Sletten also has lectured and written on dispute resolution, comparative legal systems, antitrust issues, and arbitration-related topics.

Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mr. Sletten served as a law clerk for the Honorable Edward Rafeedie of the United States District Court, Central District of California. He received his law degree with honors from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law in 1982, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and a staff member of the Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. In 1979, Mr. Sletten graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from California State University at Northridge.

Mr. Sletten is a member of the Antitrust Section of the California State Bar. Mr. Sletten has been admitted to practice before all California state and federal courts, numerous federal courts around the country, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits.

Mr. Sletten has represented, or participated in the representation of, numerous clients in a broad range of industry groups on matters arising in state and federal courts, arbitrations, and also international investigations into financial fraud and other misconduct.

A few of his representative matters include:

  • Fleetwood Enterprises – Represented Fleetwood in successful defense of $100 million+ arbitration over housing development designed and constructed by Fleetwood for Saudi Arabia.
  • Quantum Chemical v. Aetna – Represented Aetna for years in this multi-site environmental coverage litigation originally filed in New York but ultimately conducted in San Francisco Superior Court.  Mr. Sletten chaired a joint defense effort consisting of approximately 20 law firms and he and his team from Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher participated in all phases of discovery and pretrial proceedings. .
  • Representation of rail carrier in price fixing and monopolization claims arising from the carrier’s activities concerning substantial coal deposits in Northwest New Mexico. Issues included the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine, monopolization and attempted monopolization, and various state law claims
  • Mission Liquidation Reinsurance Litigation – Represented domestic and foreign reinsurers of Mission Insurance Company in multi-party litigation filed, and multi-party arbitrations initiated, by the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California to collect alleged reinsurance recoverables due to Mission. This work included, among many other facets, analysis of numerous environmental and toxic mass tort liabilities that were ceded to the Mission reinsurers pursuant to the various quota share, excess of loss, and pooled reinsurance arrangements
  • SR International – Analyzed and advised on multiple coverage issues relating to numerous insureds and represented SRI in court and arbitration proceedings over enforceability of a variety of excess-of-loss insurance policies for claims arising from tort liabilities.
  • Representation of publisher of one of the largest city newspapers in the United States in federal court cases alleging violations of state antitrust law as well as unfair business practices.
  • Swiss Re/MTBE – Represent excess carrier and reinsurer Swiss Re in evaluating exposure under various casualty liability policies issued to major oil and gas companies, including leading joint defense group in regards to claims by ExxonMobil for coverage to recover losses arising from mass action liabilities relating to MTBE contamination.
  • Ticketmaster – Representation of leading ticketing service company in various matters in federal court including MDL class action involving allegations of exclusionary practices, and also in antitrust action brought by major competitor alleging violations of Section 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act as well as violations of state law.
  • L.A. Cellular – Representation of wireless telecommunications provider in price fixing class action lawsuit brought by thousands of consumers of wireless telecommunications service. Claims arising under state antitrust statutes and related state law theories of liability.
  • Dow Chemical – Represented Dow Chemical and subsidiary Filmtec in their defense of long-running patent and antitrust claims filed in Federal Court, S.D. California, alleging monopolization of the market for reverse osmosis membranes.
  • Chevron U.S.A. – Representation of major oil and gas company in state AG investigation and federal consumer class action alleging price fixing relating to the wholesale and retail sales of gasoline in California through alleged capacity and production manipulation.
  • Major Energy Company – Representation of major energy/utility company in dispute over $1 billion solar energy contract leading to successful termination of contract due to failure of solar power company to perform according to contract terms
  • Counseling clients in the telecommunications, semiconductor, manufacturing, food service, hotel, ticketing, entertainment and sports equipment industries on a wide variety of antitrust related subjects including resale pricing practices, distribution arrangements, exclusive dealing issues, trade association issues, co-op arrangements, allocation of product issues, and other matters arising under state and federal antitrust and unfair competition laws.

Mr. Sletten has authored or contributed to a number of publications, and has lectured and/or given presentations on a variety of topics including the following:

Representative Publications

  • Antitrust Laws and Trade Regulation (Co-editor) published by Matthew Bender (2004)
  • “International Arbitration Overview,” Los Angeles County Bar Association ADR Section Newsletter, November 1995
  • “Law Favours Confirmation of Arbitration Awards,” International Insurance Law Review, June 1995

Representative Lectures/Speaking Engagements

  • University of Southern California School of Law: Adjunct Professor of Law for ADR Seminar (1993)
  • Pepperdine University School of Law: Adjunct Professor of Law for ADR Survey Course (1994)
  • County Bar Association: “International Litigation: Case Studies Home and Abroad” (1995)
  • Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB): MCLE program “Techniques For Effectively Compelling and Resisting Mandatory Arbitration” (1999)
  • Association of Business Trial Lawyers: Electronic Discovery MCLE Program (2003)
  • American Corporate Counsel Association: Antitrust Seminar for In-House Counsel (2003)
  • Association of Business Trial Lawyers Program Panel (Moderator): “Civility and Ethical Behavior” (July 2007)

Mr. Sletten served for 13 years as Chair of the firm-wide Hiring Committee at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He serves on the firm’s Diversity Committee. Mr. Sletten was appointed to be the firm’s representative to the Advisory Board for the Institute for Transnational Arbitration. He also is past President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Mr. Sletten currently serves as Chair of the Advisory Board of The Salvation Army, Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Division. He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© since 2011 in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction.

Scott J. Calfas is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Corporate Transactions, Private Equity, REIT, Betting and Gaming, and Aerospace and Related Technologies Practice Groups. In his over 26 years at the firm he has been involved in a wide array of corporate and transactional matters. His areas of practice include representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies in mergers and acquisitions, representing real estate investment trusts (REITs) in public offerings, mergers, acquisitions and other matters, as well as general corporate and securities transactional work for public and private companies. Representative clients and matters include:

  • William Hill PLC on its exclusive partnership with Eldorado Resorts, Inc. for sports betting operations in the United States.
  • Ducommun Incorporated in the sale of its subsidiaries, LaBarge Electronics, Inc. (to Intervala, LLC) and Miltec Corporation (to General Atomics), in separate transactions.
  • An affiliate of Rockpoint Group, L.L.C. in its investment in Roseland Residential, L.P., a subsidiary of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation.
  • Lion Gables Apartment Fund, L.P. in its sale of Lion Gables Residential Trust, a private REIT which owned Gables Residential, to Clarion Partners in a transaction valued at over $3 billion.
  • The independent directors of Pinnacle Entertainment in connection with a spin-off of certain Pinnacle assets and the sale of Pinnacle’s real estate to Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $4.75 billion.
  • ADCO Global, Inc., a portfolio company of Aurora Capital Group, in its sale to an affiliate of Arsenal Capital Partners.
  • United Plastics Group, a portfolio company of Aurora Capital Group, in its sale to Baird Capital Partners.
  • A joint venture of Urban Partners and AREA Property Partners in its acquisition of Harbor Properties, Inc. and related assets and entities.
  • Lexington Precision Corp., a portfolio company of Aurora Resurgence Management Partners, in its sale to Industrial Growth Partners.
  • Air Lease Corporation in its initial capital infusion of over $1 billion via a 144A offering.
  • Numerous REITs and REIT investors in connection with IPOs and other public and private offerings of securities, including follow-on offerings, shelf registration statements and take-downs, and UPREIT and downREIT contributions.  Representative REITs include Evans Withycombe Residential, G&L Realty, Pacific Gulf Properties, Price REIT, and Mission West Properties (underwriter side).
  • Numerous real estate funds in connection with structuring and executing private REITs.
  • Numerous companies in their IPOs, including Herbalife, Kenfil Distribution and a number of REITs referenced above.
  • Bulge bracket investment banks in the IPOs or follow-on offerings of the following companies:  Intuitive Surgical, Trizetto Group, Quality Systems, Inc., Corinthian Colleges, Onyx Acceptance Corporation and others.
  • Churchill Downs in its acquisition and subsequent disposition of Hollywood Park race track.
  • Mars, Incorporated and its subsidiary, The Nutro Company, in a variety of corporate matters.

Mr. Calfas joined the firm after receiving his law degree cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1991.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from UCLA in 1988.  Mr. Calfas is a member of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California, and of the Business and Corporations Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.  He serves as a Member, and former Chairman, of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Corporate Counsel at USC Gould School of Law. Mr. Calfas has lectured and written on corporate and securities law matters.

Scott Campbell is Of Counsel in Gibson Dunn’s Denver office. His practice focuses on taking complex commercial cases to trial. Although Scott has successfully litigated, arbitrated, and mediated cases involving a wide variety of claims under state and federal law, he has particular experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in disputes involving real estate, intellectual property, and securities.

Real Estate Disputes. Scott regularly represents real estate owners and developers in property-related disputes. Recent examples include:

  • Representing commercial developer in dispute with owner over several hundred million dollar construction contract.
  • Representing real estate owner in dispute with commercial tenant over violations of multi-year lease.
  • Representing real estate owner/developer in breach of contract dispute with joint venture partner.
  • Representing real estate owner/developer in multi-million dollar dispute with residential owners.

Intellectual Property/License Disputes. Scott also frequently represents licensors and licensees of intellectual property in disputes over license agreements. For example, he has recently played a leading role in:

  • Representing multi-billion dollar investment advisor in dispute with licensee over breach of license agreement related to investment strategy.
  • Representing hedge fund in dispute with licensor over breach of license agreement/misappropriation of trade secrets related to investment strategy.
  • Representing publicly-traded hemp company in breach of license agreement dispute with licensee.
  • Representing investor/director in dispute over computer hardware/software intellectual property development agreement.
  • Representing licensee in dispute with publicly-traded company in the oil and gas industry.

Securities Disputes. Scott also represents individuals and entities in connection with securities litigation and SEC investigations. Most recently, his representative matters include:

  • Representation of Special Litigation Committee for public company investigating alleged securities violations.
  • Representation of publicly traded for-profit education company targeted in an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Scott also has an active pro bono practice. Among other deserving clients, he represents individuals who were deprived of their First Amendment rights to practice their religion while incarcerated. He also works with the Innocence Project to identify prisoners who were wrongfully convicted, and previously worked with the Clemency Project, seeking clemency for federal prisoners serving excessive sentences for drug-related offenses. Scott was also a member of the team that received the firm’s 2012 Frank Wheat Memorial Pro Bono Award for its work with Lawyers Without Borders providing anti-corruption training in Kenya.

While seconded to the Denver City Attorney’s Office, he tried more than twenty criminal cases to verdict.

In addition to his legal practice, Scott has served on the Colorado Symphony’s Corporate Committee and the Colorado Legal Aid Foundation’s Associates Advisory Board. He is a former member of the firm’s Associates Committee, and a member of the Denver office’s Diversity Committee.

Scott earned his law degree, with distinction, from Stanford Law School in 2009. He also holds a master’s degree in political philosophy from the University of Colorado and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Utah with degrees in political science and philosophy.

He is admitted to practice law in the State of Colorado, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.