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Alex Jinqing Fang is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Alex was an associate in the Tax Group at a global law firm in New York.

Alex received her Juris Doctor in 2024 from Harvard Law School. She earned her Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University and her Bachelor of Arts in English from Fudan University. Prior to law school, Alex worked as a business journalist.

Alex is admitted to practice in the state of New York.

Susan Pelletier is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the Administrative Law & Regulatory, White Collar Defense & Investigations, Crisis Management, and Appellate & Constitutional Law practice groups. Her practice focuses on representing and advising clients in matters that involve complex legal and reputational risks.

Susan has extensive experience representing clients in high profile matters involving constitutional and administrative law issues and advising clients facing significant public scrutiny. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, she served as Senior Counselor to the Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, where she advised the Attorney General and other senior Department leaders on a wide range of legal and public policy issues. In that role, she was involved in some of the federal government’s most significant litigation, including enforcement matters and challenges to agency actions. Before serving in the government, she was a counsel in another Washington, D.C. law firm where she represented clients in all stages of government-facing, regulatory, and commercial litigation as well as in congressional and internal investigations. She has led briefing on numerous cases and presented argument before multiple federal courts of appeals and district courts. The American Lawyer has recognized her in its “Litigators of the Week” feature.

Susan clerked for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and for Judge Merrick B. Garland and Judge Harry T. Edwards on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She earned her law degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she served on the Harvard Law Review. She graduated summa cum laude from New York University, where she studied media and journalism.

Elizabeth Arford is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department. Her practice focuses on data privacy, artificial intelligence, and consumer protection.

Libby earned her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis School of Law in 2025, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, she served as a law clerk for the Aoki Water Justice Clinic and at the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

Libby received her Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Computer Science from Tufts University in 2017.

She is admitted to practice in the State of Colorado.

Matthew Dolloff is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Securities Regulation & Corporate Governance Practice Group.

Matt advises public companies on a wide range of corporate law matters, including corporate governance issues, securities disclosure and compliance, company policies, annual shareholder meetings, investor engagement, and shareholder proposals.

Prior to rejoining Gibson Dunn, Matt served as Counsel at Verizon Communications Inc.

Matt received his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 2018. He received his Bachelor of Arts with distinction from the University of Michigan in 2014.

Emma Enfert is an associate in the Paris office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Her practice focuses on public and private M&A transactions for domestic and international clients, notably stock and assets sales, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, and corporate general counseling.

She advises industrial companies, investment funds, insurers, and banks.

Admitted to the Paris bar, Emma graduated from University of Paris 2: Panthéon-Assas with a master’s in public and private business law and from ESCP Business School with a master’s in business law.

She speaks French and English fluently.

Matt Aidan Getz is a senior litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group. His practice focuses on appellate matters, typically involving complex commercial, constitutional, or class action litigation. He has argued several appeals and drafted briefs in well over seventy appeals and in other cases in federal and state courts across the country. Matt has been recognized in 2025 and 2026 by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Appellate Practice and as an appellate “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers.

Highlights include:

Persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to hold unanimously that plaintiffs suing under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 must plead and prove that they bought shares registered under the allegedly misleading registration statement. Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani (U.S. No. 22-200). On remand, secured a unanimous, published decision from the Ninth Circuit holding that the same requirement applies to claims under Section 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Pirani v. Slack Technologies, Inc. (9th Cir. No. 20-16419).
Argued before and persuaded the California Court of Appeal to reverse, by published opinion, an order denying a motion to compel arbitration in a case involving California Health & Safety Code disclosure requirements. Dougherty v. U.S. Behavioral Health Plan (Cal. Ct. App. No. E079741).
Argued before the California Court of Appeal and secured an opinion affirming an order rejecting emergency care providers’ efforts to impose a reimbursement obligation on health insurers subject to the California Insurance Code. Prime Healthcare Centinela, LLC v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. (Cal. Ct. App. No. B334746).
Secured unanimous Supreme Court decision vacating an adverse profits-disgorgement award in a landmark case involving the presumption of corporate separateness and available remedies for trademark infringement under the Lanham Act. Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc. (U.S. No. 23-900).
Convinced the Ninth Circuit to affirm denial of class certification in a case of first impression involving claims challenging Liberty Mutual’s methods of settling insurance claims for totaled vehicles. Lara v. First National Insurance Co. of America (9th Cir. No. 21-35126).
Persuaded the Sixth Circuit to grant rehearing en banc and ultimately to reverse class certification in a case involving a challenge to a major insurer’s method of valuing totaled vehicles. Clippinger v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (6th Cir. No. 24-5421).
Won a landmark victory for Reddit in the first case of any federal court of appeals to address the scope of FOSTA’s exception to immunity under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for certain civil sex-trafficking claims. Does 1–6 v. Reddit, Inc. (9th Cir. No. 21-56293).
Secured reversal of a judgment against a major construction company in a case presenting important questions involving the claim-presentation requirement of California’s Government Claims Act. Stronghold Engineering Inc. v. City of Monterey (Cal. Ct. App. No. H050157). Also later obtained writ relief from the Court of Appeal, leading to the vacatur of a subsequent summary-adjudication order on related claim-presentation grounds (Cal. Ct. App. No. H052951).
Persuaded the Ninth Circuit to affirm summary judgment in favor of AIG and other insurers in a first-of-its-kind decision among federal courts of appeals finding no duty to defend with respect to opioid lawsuits brought by local and state governments. AIU Insurance Co. v. McKesson Corp. (9th Cir. No. 22-16158).
Convinced the Eighth Circuit to reverse an order granting class certification in a consumer-fraud case against The J.M. Smucker Co. arising from a multidistrict litigation proceeding. In re Folgers Coffee Marketing (8th Cir. No. 24-2830).

Matt also maintains an active pro bono practice. Highlights include:

Represented a variety of amici in briefing before the U.S. Supreme Court, for instance in cases involving constitutional criminal procedure, Parada v. United States (U.S. No. 25-166); Lesh v. United States (U.S. No. 24-654); Anibowei v. Mayorkas (U.S. No. 23-199); justiciability, FBI v. Fikre (U.S. No. 22-1178); law enforcement encounters with people with disabilities, Winder v. Gallardo (U.S. No. 24-975); and the takings power, Brinkmann v. Town of Southold (U.S. No. 23-1301).
Represented a Louisiana man sentenced to 125 years’ imprisonment for a single count of armed robbery after being convicted by a nonunanimous jury vote throughout his state postconviction and federal habeas proceedings, eventually resulting in a favorable resentencing.
Represented a coalition of former prosecutors and public defenders as amici curiae in a case before the California Supreme Court, which later endorsed amici’s views and issued an important opinion reinforcing the rights of noncitizens who seek relief under California Penal Code section 1473.7 on the ground that they were not properly advised of the immigration consequences of guilty pleas. People v. Espinoza (Cal. No. S269647).
Represented a coalition of current and former prosecutors in original proceedings before the California Supreme Court involving the constitutionality of the state’s death-penalty system.
Served as appointed counsel of record in a Sixth Circuit habeas appeal involving a man convicted in violation of Ohio’s castle doctrine governing self-defense in the home.

Matt joined Gibson Dunn after serving as a law clerk to Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and Judge Cheryl Ann Krause of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Matt earned his Juris Doctor, with pro bono distinction, from Stanford Law School in 2018. At Stanford, he served as managing editor of the Stanford Law Review, was a semifinalist and awarded Best Respondent’s Brief in the Marion Rice Kirkwood Moot Court Competition, and worked on cert.-stage and merits briefing with the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. He also interned for Judge L. Felipe Restrepo of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Before attending law school, Matt graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University, was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and spent several years as a paralegal at a large law firm in New York.

Matt is a member of the California and Virginia bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California and the Eastern District of Virginia.

John Lucas Z. Varney is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Finance and Transportation and Space Practice Groups.

John Lucas practice focuses on transport finance, with an emphasis on aviation-related transactions. He advises clients on structured finance transactions involving transportation asset classes, including commercial and business aviation, rolling stock, vessel finance, and equipment loans and leases.

John Lucas received his Juris Doctor in 2021 from Fordham University School of Law. He earned his undergraduate degree from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University in 2018, where he majored in Business (Global Politics).

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he was a managing associate in the Capital Markets group at a major law firm in New York.

John Lucas is admitted to practice in New York.

Reka Palla is an Of Counsel in the Madrid office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Capital Markets Practice Groups.

Reka’s practice focuses on M&A, including complex cross-border transactions involving multiple jurisdictions. She has also advised on corporate governance and capital markets matters, including IPOs and share capital increases, and has worked with multinationals, private equity funds and family-owned businesses.

Reka is ranked as an Up and Coming Lawyer for Corporate/M&A: High‑end Capability (Spain) in Chambers Europe and Chambers Global 2026. Clients note that “Reka Palla is an extraordinary lawyer, with an impressive work capacity,” while others note that “Reka Palla is excellent and highly specialized. She is very quick to identify problems and propose solutions. She is very familiar with our sector.” She is also recognised as a Leading Associate for Commercial, Corporate and M&A (Spain) in The Legal 500 2026, noted as a “standout practitioner” and recognised for her work on private equity funds, multinationals, and family‑owned business transactions.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Reka was a senior associate at another international law firm.

Representative Experience*:

EQT Infra on the disposal of the US business of Parques Reunidos
EQT Infra on the acquisition of Universidad Europea
FCC on the sale of a 49.99% of its environmental business to CPPIB
Banco Santander on the acquisition of TSB Bank
Repsol on the sale of a minority stake in its upstream business to EIG
Globalvia on the sale to APG of its stake in Itinere

*Some of these representations occurred prior to Reka’s association with Gibson Dunn.

Jonathan Cockfield is an English-qualified disputes associate and solicitor-advocate in Gibson Dunn’s London office. His practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, often with a transnational, multi-jurisdictional element.

Jonathan has notable experience handling disputes relating to financial services, insurance, and insolvency. In addition, he has acted for clients in a range of other sectors including accountancy, technology, construction, energy, mining and sports.

His recent matters include:

Defending a listed wealth management firm in High Court claims involving complex allegations of fraud and intimidation relating to entities in the UK, India, Mauritius and the UAE.
Representing a major investment bank in High Court proceedings regarding antitrust violations relating to LIBOR manipulation. That dispute involved parallel proceedings in New York.
Acting for a major international contractor in a $4 billion ICC arbitration concerning an infrastructure project in the Middle East.
Bringing a $1.5 billion unlawful means conspiracy claim in the High Court for a multinational steel manufacturing conglomerate, with related proceedings in the Cayman Islands, New York, India and Mauritius.
Acting for a group of professional sportsmen in injunction and related disciplinary proceedings. This matter gave rise to antitrust, public law and restraint of trade issues, alongside related proceedings in New York and Florida.
Obtaining of a freezing injunction and related relief from the High Court in connection with a $550 million ICC arbitration award arising out of a mining dispute.

Jonathan trained at Gibson Dunn, as part of the London office’s first-ever intake of trainees. He has spent time seconded to the in-house litigation teams of two clients of the firm: a major investment bank and a global insurance firm.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jonathan worked as an adviser to a government minister and as a visiting lecturer in law at King’s College London, where he taught the law of equity and trusts. He obtained his Master of Arts from the University of Oxford and his Master of Law from the University of Cambridge.

Mario Pacini is a senior associate in the Madrid office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity practice groups.

Mario’s practice focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions, with a focus on private equity transactions. He represents private equity firms and multinational businesses across multiple sectors on both international and domestic transactions.Mario is ranked in TTR Data’s Rising Star Rankings 2025 as #1 for M&A in Spain by transaction value.

Mario speaks Spanish and English.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mario was a senior associate at another international law firm.

Representative Experience*:

Advising Cinven on its €2.5 billion acquisition of Idealista, the Spanish real estate classifieds portal.
AdvisingCPP Investments on the acquisition of a 24.99% stake in FCC Servicios Medio Ambiente Holding, S.A.U., the environmental services division of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A., a diversified conglomerated listed in Spain.
Advising Cinven, KKR and Providence (as shareholders of MasMovil Ibercom) on the agreement with Orange to combine their telecommunications businesses in Spain by means of the incorporation of a 50-50 joint venture with a combined enterprise valuation of approximately €19.6 billion.
Advising GoodLife Foods B.V. (a portfolio company of IK Partners), on the acquisition of Audens Group, the parent of a group of companies involved in the development, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of frozen and refrigerated ready-to-eat meals and snacks in Spain and Portugal.
Advising KKR on its acquisition of IVI-RMA Global, a leading international reproductive medicine group.
Advising Cinven, KKR and Providence in their consortium investment relating to a voluntary public takeover bid for the entire share capital of MasMovil Ibercom, for €4.7 billion.

*Some of these representations occurred prior to Mario’s association with Gibson Dunn.

Alberto Broseta is an associate in the Madrid office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity practice groups.

Alberto practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and advising on complex, high‑value corporate and private equity transactions. Alberto is ranked in TTR Data’s Rising Star Rankings 2025 as #1 for M&A in Spain by transaction value.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Alberto was an associate at another international law firm.

Representative Experience*:

Advising Cinven on its €2.9billion acquisition of Idealista, the Spanish real estate classifieds portal.
Advising CPP Investments on the acquisition of a 49.99% stake in FCC Servicios Medio Ambiente Holding, S.A., the environmental services division of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A., a diversified conglomerated listed in Spain.
Advising Cinven, KKR and Providence (as shareholders of MasMovil Ibercom) on the agreement with Orange to combine their telecommunications businesses in Spain by means of the incorporation of a 50-50 joint venture with a combined enterprise valuation of approximately €19.6 billion.
Advising Cinven, KKR and Providence on the sale of 50% of MasOrange for €4.25billion.
Advising GoodLife Foods B.V. (a portfolio company of IK Partners), on the acquisition of Audens Group, the parent of a group of companies involved in the development, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of frozen and refrigerated ready-to-eat meals and snacks in Spain and Portugal.

*Some of these representations occurred prior to Alberto’s association with Gibson Dunn.

Jonathan N. Soleimani is Of Counsel in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office. He represents clients in complex litigation at the trial and appellate levels in both state and federal courts, with a focus on commercial, constitutional, technology, intellectual property, and entertainment matters. He is a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Class Actions, and Media, Entertainment, and Technology Practice Groups.

Jonathan has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Law for three consecutive years (2024–2026).

Representative Matters:

DoorDash, Inc. v. City of New York: Successfully challenged a New York City data ordinance as unconstitutional, winning summary judgment for DoorDash and blocking enforcement of a law that would have compelled delivery platforms to disclose their customers’ sensitive personal information to merchants.
DoorDash, Inc., Grubhub Inc., and Portier LLC v. City of New York: Represented Uber, DoorDash, and Grubhub in a constitutional challenge to a New York City law capping commission rates, resulting in a favorable settlement.
DHS v. Regents of the University of California: Represented individual Dreamer plaintiffs through all district court, Ninth Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court proceedings in a historic case successfully challenging the rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA).
Soundgarden v. UMG Recordings Inc.: Obtained complete dismissal for Universal Music Group in a $100 million putative class action concerning allegedly destroyed master recordings. Benchmark Litigation selected the judgment as one of its “2021 Impact Cases,” and AmLaw Litigation Daily named the team its “Litigators of the Week” in April 2020.
Starz Entertainment, LLC v. MGM Domestic Television Distribution: Defended MGM Studios against more than 1,000 copyright claims arising from licensing disputes over MGM’s content, resulting in a favorable settlement.
Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc.: Member of the trial team that defeated Epic Games’ federal antitrust claims against Apple after a three-week bench trial in a landmark case that Law360 called the “Super Bowl of Antitrust.”
Linhart v. John Hancock Life Insurance Co.: Defeated class certification in a putative class action seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in disputed insurance benefits.
National Association of Manufacturers v. DHS: Represented more than 50 companies and business groups — including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, and Uber — as amici in challenges to the government’s suspension of non-immigrant visa programs, including the H-1B program.
Jiminian v. Seabrook: Obtained complete dismissal on the pleadings and affirmance by the Second Circuit for a law firm named in a shareholder derivative lawsuit.
Oracle America, Inc. v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.: Represented HP against copyright-infringement and tort claims involving a subcontractor’s handling of Oracle operating-system software.

Jonathan clerked for Judge Christina A. Snyder of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California from 2015 to 2016.

He earned his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as Co-Editor in Chief of the Yale Law & Policy Review, a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, and a member of the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project. Jonathan also served as an extern to Justice Dalveer Bhandari of the Supreme Court of India, who now sits on the United Nations’ International Court of Justice.

Jonathan graduated first in his class from U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business with a B.S. in Business Administration, receiving the Departmental Citation. He also earned a B.A. in Political Economy summa cum laude from Berkeley’s College of Letters and Science. Before law school, he taught high school biology in South Los Angeles for two years as a Teach For America corps member.

Cesar E. Garcia is an associate attorney in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department.

Cesar received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2023, where he was a James Kent Scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He graduated magna cum laude from Boston College in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science.

Cesar served as a law clerk to the Honorable P. Kevin Castel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 2024 to 2025.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Cesar was an associate in the Litigation Department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Cesar is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Armando Albarrán is a partner in the Madrid office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice groups.

Armando’s practice specialises in public and private M&A, private equity transactions, securities offerings, restructurings and corporate governance issues.

Armando has been involved in many landmark transactions with a Spanish element. His regular clients include corporates, investment banks, financial institutions, private equity firms and financial investors. Armando advises them on a wide range of cross-border and domestic corporate finance transactions across energy and infrastructure, real estate and telecommunications industries.

Armando is recognized by Chambers & Partners Europe and Global 2025 guides as Band 1 lawyer in Capital Markets: Corporate M&A: High-end Capability and Private Equity in Spain.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Armando was a partner at a prominent international law firm based in their Madrid office.

Armando received his Degree in Law and Economics and Business Administration from ICADE. He is admitted to practice law in Spain.

Armando speaks Spanish and English.

Moksha Padmaraju is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served on the Editorial Board of the Virginia Tax Review. While in law school, she was also the President of the Moot Court team and argued in front of the Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts as a member of the Holistic Youth Defense Clinic.

Moksha received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2020, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and double majored in Economics and Political Science. Prior to law school, she worked as a fiscal policy analyst in state government.

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

Makena Kauhane is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department.

In 2025, she received her J.D. from Stanford Law School, where she served as Co-President of the Native American Law Students Association. Makena earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Religious Studies from Dartmouth College in 2019.

Leana Ter-Martirosyan is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Leana received her Juris Doctor from Columbia University, where she graduated with Honors and served on the Editorial Board of the Columbia Business Law Review. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southern California in 2020.

Elizabeth Ising is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group. She is also a member of the firm’s Hostile M&A and Shareholder Activism team and Financial Institutions Practice Group. She advises clients, including public companies and their boards of directors, on corporate governance, securities law and ESG, and sustainability matters and executive compensation best practices and disclosures. Representative matters include advising on Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements, proxy disclosures, SASB and TCFD disclosures, director independence matters, proxy advisory services, board and committee charters and governance guidelines and disclosure controls and procedures. Beth also regularly counsels public companies on shareholder activism issues, including on shareholder proposals and preparing for and responding to hedge fund and corporate governance activism. She also advises non-profit organizations on corporate governance issues.

Beth has been recognized in each of the last five years in the Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America guide, which recognizes lawyers who “set the pace for lawyering in the financial world,” in recognition of her work in Corporate Governance and Securities Regulation. Chambers USA has recognized her as a top Securities: Regulation attorney in each of the last nine years. She also has been named to The Best Lawyers in America list annually since 2018. BTI Consulting named Beth a MVP to its 2018 and 2019 BTI Client Service All-Stars lists, recognizing the “lawyers who truly stand out as delivering the absolute best client service time and time again” as determined by a poll of corporate counsel. She also was recognized as a member of Lawdragon’s Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law guide for the third year in a row due to her work in ESG compliance and disputes (2023 – 2025). Beth has been recognized in multiple editions of Who’s Who Legal: M&A and Governance, a guide based on independent client and peer surveys. In 2017, she was elected as a fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel. She is a former member of the Advisory Board of Northwestern University’s Securities Regulation Institute, a former member of the Advisory Board of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware and previously was named a “Rising Star of Corporate Governance” by Yale School of Management’s Center for Corporate Governance and Performance.

Beth graduated with high honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law in 2000. She was a member of Order of the Coif and was inducted into the James E. and Carolyn B. Davis Society. Beth was also a published member of the North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation. She is a former chair of Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. Diversity Committee and co-chair of the LGBT Committee.

Curtis J. Stahl is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Curtis received his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law. At Fordham, he was a Ruth Whitehead Whaley Scholar and Irving R. Kaufman Scholarship recipient. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from George Washington University.

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

Joel A. Kagan is an associate in the Litigation Department of Gibson Dunn, where he represents clients in complex commercial disputes and investigations across a range of industries, including financial institutions, media and entertainment, pharmaceuticals, and transportation and logistics. His work cuts across subject matter and includes antitrust, mass torts, contract disputes, debtor-creditor disputes, and other complex litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Joel served as a paralegal in the Appeals Bureau of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he was an Executive Editor of the New York University Law Review and a judicial intern to the Honorable Richard J. Sullivan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) and was a member of the varsity heavyweight rowing team.

Joel maintains an active pro bono practice that includes representing clients in immigration and asylum matters, family court matters, veterans’ benefits appeals, and preparing appellate briefing in impact litigation involving significant public policy considerations at both the federal and state levels.

Joel is admitted to practice in New York State.