Warren Bloom is a litigation associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn.

Before joining the firm, Warren served as a law clerk to Judge Cory T. Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and to Judge Jeffrey V. Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Warren graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law. During law school, he served as an Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review and as the Submissions Editor of the Texas Review of Law & Politics. Warren also served as an intern to Judge Lawrence J.C. VanDyke of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Warren earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University, where he double majored in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Economics. Before law school, Warren worked in finance in New York City and earned a Master of Arts degree in International Security from George Mason University.

Warren is a member of the Texas bar. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Fifth Circuits and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Daniel Gordon is a litigation associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn. He is a trial lawyer who represents clients in complex, high-stakes business disputes across all phases of litigation.

Daniel also serves as an adjunct professor at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, where he developed and teaches Evidence Advocacy Practicum, a course focused on the practical application of the Federal Rules of Evidence and related case law in pretrial proceedings.

Before joining the firm, Daniel served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas. In that role, he argued twice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and participated in five federal jury trials, gaining substantial courtroom experience.

Following law school, Daniel clerked for the Honorable Sean D. Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the Honorable Eleni M. Roumel of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the Honorable John M. Campbell of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. 

He earned his J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University Law School, where he received the Graduation Award for Excellence in Pre-Trial and Trial Advocacy for outstanding achievement in litigation-focused coursework. While in law school, he was an active member of the Moot Court and Mock Trial Boards and received multiple accolades, including a Best Oral Advocate award and first place in the 1L Moot Court Competition.

Daniel graduated with honors from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Political Science and competed on the University’s Mock Trial Team.

He is admitted to practice in Texas and the District of Columbia.

Brittany Wallach is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

She received her J.D. cum laude from Loyola Law School in 2023, where she was awarded Order of the Coif and served as Articles Editor for the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. While in law school, Brittany also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable R. Gary Klausner of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the Honorable Kim McLane Wardlaw of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Brittany received her undergraduate degree from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, graduating with Honors in 2014.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Brittany practiced as a real estate associate at the law firm of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis.

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

John Acton is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn.

John clerked for Justice Amy Coney Barrett of the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Gregory G. Katsas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Judge Britt C. Grant of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. 

John graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. While at Harvard, he received the Morgan and Helen Chu Prize for top grades during his 3L year, was a member of the best overall team in the Ames Moot Court competition, served as the Articles Chair for the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, and taught undergraduate constitutional law.

Prior to law school, John spent two years as a management consultant. He earned his undergraduate degree in Government from Harvard College.

John is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth, Eleventh, and District of Columbia Circuits, as well as in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Thien Folkemer is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Investment Funds Practice Group.

Thien specializes in representing fund sponsors in the establishment and operation of open and closed-end private equity, debt and real estate funds as well as representing sponsors on the structuring and establishment of joint ventures, separate accounts, co-investment vehicles and other custom arrangements. Thien also represents institutional investors on their investment transactions and placement agents in connection with their fund engagements.

Thien received her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago.

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

Evan M. D’Amico is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn, where his practice focuses primarily on domestic and cross-border M&A.

Krystal Egbuchulam is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Technology Transactions Practice Group. Krystal’s practice centers on complex commercial and corporate transactions, including intellectual property aspect of mergers and acquisitions, carveouts and private equity investments. Krystal advises clients in a wide range of industries, including software and technology, transportation and logistics, energy and infrastructure and hospitality.

Krystal’s pro bono practice includes representation of non-profit organizations and creators on commercial and licensing matters, including trademark licenses and other intellectual property agreements. Krystal received her Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in 2018 where she majored in African American Studies with a concentration on Diaspora Studies and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 2023.

Kelsey Matevish is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn, where she practices in the firm’s Litigation Department. She is currently on secondment.

Kelsey has helped clients across a variety of industries litigate complex commercial matters, conduct internal investigations, and respond to regulatory inquiries and enforcement actions. Kelsey’s representative matters include:

• Secured dismissal of shareholder lawsuit arising out of e-commerce company’s initial public offering as well as separate derivative suit alleging oversight failures by the company’s board of directors
• Successfully defended biotechnology company against Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of alleged insider trading and securities fraud 
• Obtained favorable arbitral decision for biotechnology company resolving claims by former joint venture partner of $800 million breach of research and development agreement
• Retained by the California Legislative Counsel Bureau to conduct independent investigations of allegations of sexual harassment and other workplace misconduct by Members and senior staff of the state legislature
• Represented company facing Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry into executive compensation and perks disclosures 
• Advised board member regarding allegations of misconduct and fraud against company 

Kelsey maintains an active pro bono practice. She has represented local community members in state court at trial, advocated for domestic violence survivors in appellate court, and authored an amicus brief on behalf of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops before the Supreme Court. She also recently completed a three-year term on the Ninth Circuit’s Workplace Environment Committee, which aims to implement policies and procedures that promote and safeguard a healthy working environment throughout the Ninth Circuit.

Kelsey previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable Beth Labson Freeman on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Before becoming a lawyer, Kelsey worked five years at the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a lead analyst on national security cyber matters. Her work focused on the GRU, the Russian Federation’s military intelligence agency, and contributed to the indictment of twelve Russian officers for committing federal crimes that were intended to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Kelsey earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2019 and concurrently earned a Master of Computer and Information Technology. She graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and from the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Aaron M. Smith is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. Aaron represents clients in high-stakes administrative law, regulatory, and appellate matters.  His practice centers on litigation involving federal and state agency action, including major rulemakings, investigations, enforcement actions, pre-enforcement litigation, and appeals. He is a member of the firm’s Administrative Law and Regulatory and Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Groups.

Aaron has represented clients at every stage of the administrative process: Drafting comment letters on significant rulemakings, defending against aggressive agency enforcement actions, developing affirmative litigation under the Administrative Procedure Act to challenge agency action, and briefing complex appeals.  These cases have involved a wide range of subjects, including health care, technology, energy, and First Amendment issues.  Aaron has presented oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and has authored briefs in dozens of cases before the United States Supreme Court, federal and state courts of appeals, and district courts.

Representative matters include:

• Representing an individual challenging a city law on First Amendment grounds in certiorari and merits briefing before the United States Supreme Court.
• Represented a trade association in successfully challenging a FERC order setting annual index rates for oil pipelines in the D.C. Circuit.
• Representing large railroad company in appeal from a jury verdict on employment-discrimination claims before the Ninth Circuit.
• Represented coalition of healthcare entities in successful challenge to CMS rule regulating compensation for administrative services provided to insurance brokers and agents.
• Represented a large technology company in persuading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to close out an investigation that threatened to reshape the company’s business model.
• Representing pharmacy benefit manager in administrative proceedings before the FTC alleging that rebate practices violated the FTC Act and before the Eighth Circuit in affirmative litigation alleging that the FTC proceedings violate the Constitution.
• Representing Arizona utility company in appeals from a state commission ratemaking decision that ruled in the utility company’s favor when setting rates for solar customers.
• Representing multinational bank in appeal from a jury verdict in a complex tort case before the Second Circuit.
• Represented a large technology company in successfully challenging an onerous data-sharing law on First Amendment grounds in the Southern District of New York.

Before joining the firm, Aaron served as a law clerk to the Honorable Karen LeCraft Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He graduated as valedictorian from The University of Alabama School of Law, where he served as the Editor in Chief of the Alabama Law Review and was a member of the Moot Court Board. In 2013, he graduated from the University of Kentucky with a journalism degree. Aaron is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.

Michael Moradi is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group.

Michael received his Juris Doctor in 2015 from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society.  He also received his Bachelor of Arts in History, cum laude, from Queens College of the City University of New York in 2012.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Michael was an associate of an international law firm.

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

Charlotte Deans is an associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the Private Equity Practice Group.

Charlotte specialises in advising private equity sponsors and other financial investors on a variety of complex transactions, including cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, co-investments, joint ventures, minority and growth capital investments, carve-outs, and corporate restructurings.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Charlotte was an associate at another major international law firm, where she completed secondments to the firm’s Dubai office, The Carlyle Group, and Blackstone Credit.

 

Charlotte’s experience includes advising: *

 

• RedBird IMI on the €8bn merger of All3 Media with Banijay Entertainment, creating the world’s largest independent content producer and distributor.
• The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of intelliflo, Meopta, Tescan, Incubeta, LiveU, Phrase and its investment in Unifrutti Group.
• Eurazeo on its acquisition of Mapal.
• Goldman Sachs’ portfolio company Advania AB on its acquisition of Content+Cloud.
• Goldman Sachs on the spin out of its African investment portfolio.
• Triton Partners on its acquisition of utilities contractor OCU Group Limited.
• CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition of Mediaocean.
• The Industrialization and Energy Services Company on its acquisition of Al Mansoori Petroleum Services LLC (AMPS).
• Naturepak Limited and Evergreen Packaging International LLC on the sale of their Saudi JV and its Moroccan subsidiary.
• Development Partners International (DPI), QI Invest B.V. and GB Finance Lux S.a.r.l on the partial sale of MNT-Halan.
• ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Limited (ARCH) on the joint investment by Norfund and KPL in CrossBoundary Energy.
• A sovereign wealth fund on its sale of Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank (AGTB) Limited to Bright East Investment.

 

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

Austin V. Schwing is a partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Austin sits on the Steering Committee of the firm’s Class Actions Practice Group and is a member of the firm’s Antitrust Practice Group. Austin has served as co-chair of the Consumer Class Action Subcommittee of the American Bar Association. He has substantial experience with complex, large-scale commercial litigation, including consumer and antitrust litigation. His litigation and counseling experience includes work for companies in many sectors, including the finance, commercial goods and services, manufacturing, energy, high-technology, professional services, and defense industries.  Austin regularly advises clients on consumer protection issues and financial products.  Law360 has named Austin one of the top class action lawyers in the United States.

Representative matters include:

• Successfully defended Flying J, then the United States’ largest retailer of diesel fuel, in 28-state multidistrict consumer class action alleging several billion dollars in damages.
• Successfully represented DraftKings in multidistrict litigation challenging the legality of daily fantasy sports.
• Successfully represented Uber Technologies, Inc. in several purported class actions brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
• Defeated multiple class actions for Intuit, Inc., including cases raising alleged violation of consumer finance and privacy laws. 
• Successfully represented Doordash, Inc. in purported class action brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
• Successfully represented Nike, Inc. in multiple cases, including a class action case relating to its Nike+ FuelBands.
• Successfully represented Stream Energy in consumer class actions relating to billing issues.
• Obtained summary judgment for State Farm, Inc. in cost-of-insurance class action.
• Secured dismissal with prejudice of class action against Etsy, Inc. alleging violation of California’s greenwashing laws.
• Successfully defended leading technology company in a privacy-related class action before the California Supreme Court, resulting in judgment in favor of the client.
• Defeated class certification and secured summary judgment for eHarmony in a consumer class action lawsuit in California federal court.
• Defeated numerous consumer class actions for Avis and Budget in several state and federal courts throughout the United States.
• Defeated purported nationwide class of purchasers of allegedly defective printers for Hewlett-Packard.
• Defeated consumer class action relating to electricity smart grid in California for Landis+Gyr.
• Defeated class action for UBS relating to tax-consequences of foreign accounts.
• Successfully defended Wal-Mart Inc. in massive wage-and-hour class action.
• Successfully represented Nike, Inc. in antitrust case resulting in dismissal with prejudice and sanctions against Plaintiff’s counsel.
• Successfully represented Meta Platforms, Inc. in multiple class actions and lawsuits brought by Attorneys General across the United States.
• Successfully represented Origins and Aveda in multiple class actions regarding redemption of gift cards.
• Defended Sempra Energy, California’s largest utility, and its affiliates in a several-month-long trial involving multiple antitrust and consumer class actions alleging $21 billion in damages.
• Successfully defended Chunghwa Picture Tubes in massive multidistrict litigation relating to alleged price-fixing of LCD panels.
• Successfully defended Chunghwa Picture Tubes in massive multidistrict litigation relating to alleged price-fixing of cathode ray tubes.
• Successfully defended Maximus, Inc. against allegations of breach of contract and tort claims relating to its implementation of California’s Lifeline telephony service, obtaining a complete dismissal.
• Represented pharmaceutical company in multiple class actions alleging monopolization under Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
• Defended the world’s largest manufacturer of semiconductor tools in antitrust and intellectual property lawsuit.
• Represented the world’s largest manufacturer of computer networking equipment in antitrust monopolization and tying claim.
• Defended popular brand-name-apparel company in securities class action and Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower case.
• Successfully defended Lockheed Martin in tort action involving hundreds of claimants, obtaining a complete dismissal.

Austin is heavily involved in pro bono activities and serves as a liaison between the firm and several nonprofit organizations.

Austin received his law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2000, where he graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of San Francisco in 1997, where he graduated with honors.

Austin is a member of the State Bar of California. He has handled cases in many states across the country.

Emily Whitcher is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group, focusing on patent and trade secret litigation. She also advises clients on corporate matters and conducts freedom to operate analyses. 

Emily has significant experience in all stages of litigation — ranging from initial claim investigation to achieving a favorable jury verdict upheld on appeal.

Emily has litigated high-stakes cases for both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of forums, including federal courts, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the International Trade Commission (ITC), and arbitration panels. She leverages her technical background in bioengineering to counsel clients in a wide range of industries, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, video streaming technology, networking, semiconductors, software, electronics, mechanical devices, virtual reality, and interactive entertainment.

Emily has been instrumental in developing case strategy, managing complex discovery, taking and defending depositions, arguing at court hearings, and developing successful summary judgment and Daubert arguments. She also has significant patent trial experience, including directing and cross-examining fact and expert witnesses at successful jury trials. She was recently a key member of a trial team that achieved an across-the-board defense jury verdict finding noninfringement, invalidity, prior commercial use — the first known defense verdict on the prior commercial use defense under 35 U.S.C. § 273(a) in the United States.

Emily litigates issues in all areas of patent law, including validity, infringement, enforceability, and damages. She has an unparalleled attention to detail and will relentlessly advocate for her clients. She often develops creative defenses that have been successful at trial and offer clients a strong negotiation position.

Emily earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2015.

Emily graduated with a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, and a Master of Science in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2012, where she was admitted to the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society.

Emily is admitted to practice in the States of California and New York and before the United States District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Eastern District of Texas.  She is also a registered patent attorney before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn in 2021, Emily was an associate at Jones Day and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Riley Segars is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn, where he currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Riley served as a law clerk to the Honorable Julius N. Richardson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and to the Honorable Timothy J. Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Riley earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2023. While in law school, he served as an Executive Editor of the Virginia Law Review and was a member of the Appellate Litigation Clinic. Before law school, he graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oklahoma, where he majored in International Studies and Spanish.

Riley is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Joe Bielek is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. Joe practices with the firm’s Real Estate Department.

Joe represents clients across the capital and debt stack, working with private equity sponsors, real estate funds, institutional and non-institutional investors, developers, operators, lenders, and borrowers in negotiating and structuring real estate joint ventures, acquisitions, sales, developments, management agreements and financings in a varied set of markets and for a comprehensive array of asset types, including multi-family assets, hotels and resorts, raw land, manufactured housing and RV parks, marinas, student housing facilities, office buildings, warehouses, and industrial projects.

Joe earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New York Law School in 2019, where he served as a Staff Editor for the New York Law School Law Review. In 2015, he earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Arizona State University, where he was also a member of the baseball team.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Joe was an associate in the Real Estate Department at a New York law firm.

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

Oliver is an associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Private Equity and M&A practice groups.

He advises private equity sponsors and other financial investors on a broad range of complex transactions, including cross-border acquisitions, disposals, co-investments and joint ventures.

Oliver trained at Gibson Dunn and was subsequently seconded to the digital infrastructure team of Blue Owl Capital.

 

Oliver’s experience includes advising:

• Oaktree on its $1.1bn disposal of the OEG Group to Apollo
• Oaktree on its acquisition of the LED Group
• RedBird IMI on its £575 million disposal of its interests in The Telegraph to Axel Springer
• RedBird IMI on its disposal of its interests in The Spectator
• Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure on its disposal of seven European data centre assets to Apollo
• A global financial sponsor on its £1.2bn disposal of a UK healthcare business

Kahn Scolnick is an appellate and litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. He serves as Co-Partner in Charge of the Los Angeles and Century City offices, Co-Chair of the firm’s Class Actions Practice Group, and is also an active member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law, Insurance and Reinsurance, and Securities Litigation Practice Groups, among others. He specializes in class actions, complex commercial cases, and litigating a variety of constitutional issues — both in the trial courts and on appeal.

Representative trial court experience:

• Obtained a bench trial win in a California trial court vacating the California Insurance Commissioner’s $173 million penalty issued under the Unfair Insurance Practices Act (the largest such penalty ever issued to date).
• Won a complete summary judgment victory for a major auto insurance company in California in a certified nationwide class action seeking nearly a billion dollars in damages and attempting to force the company to change its core business model.
• Defeated a proposed nationwide false advertising class action against a major Medicare Advantage insurer based on preemption.
• Defeated class certification in a novel “no poach” class action against a major sandwich restaurant chain.
• Obtained dismissal with prejudice of a discrimination class action suit against an auto insurance company in federal court in Washington.
• Was part of the trial team that successfully represented Chevron Corporation in a RICO case against those seeking to extort billions of dollars from the company based on a fraudulently procured multi-billion-dollar judgment in Ecuador.
• Defeated class certification in a discrimination case against an auto insurance company in California; the plaintiffs then voluntarily dismissed their individual claims with prejudice.
• Defended a city in a lengthy bench trial alleging a violation of the California Voting Rights Act and Equal Protection Clause.
• Won a complete defense verdict following a lengthy bench trial before the California Superior Court in two consolidated nationwide class actions against a commercial mortgage lender.
• Successfully opposed a preliminary injunction in Nevada seeking to enjoin a $2.8 billion merger of two gaming companies. 
• Won judgment on the pleadings of the defendants’ sole affirmative defense (unclean hands) in a contentious corporate dispute in the Delaware Chancery Court.

Representative appellate experience:

• Obtained a unanimous decision from the California Supreme Court in favor of his client in a Medicare Part C pre-emption case.
• Secured a published decision from the California Court of Appeal striking down a $100 million rate increase and refund order by the California Insurance Commissioner.
• Won in the California Court of Appeal against an attempt to defeat an arbitration clause based on a novel reading of the California Health & Safety Code’s disclosure requirements. 
• Prevailed in the California Court of Appeal in a high-profile, multi-jurisdictional dispute between a major law firm and its former partner (the case is now pending before the California Supreme Court).
• Persuaded the California Court of Appeal to reverse a trial court judgment finding a city liable for violating the Equal Protection Clause, based on the City’s method of electing its council.
• Obtained reversal from the California Court of Appeal of the trial court’s grant of an anti-SLAPP motion against his client.
• Won a major victory in the California Court of Appeal in a CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) case that will transform the way cargo moves through the Port of LA.
• Obtained a published decision from the California Court of Appeal affirming summary judgment in a “finder’s fee” dispute on behalf of a real estate investment company.
• Advised the inaugural California Citizens Redistricting Commission on a variety of legal issues including the Voting Rights Act and equal protection, and then successfully defended the Commission’s maps against an assortment of constitutional and statutory claims before the California Supreme Court.
• Secured the reversals on appeal of judgments totaling $295 million in three certified class actions in New Mexico and California involving installment payment plans for auto insurance policies.
• Persuaded the California Court of Appeal to affirm summary judgment in a high-profile “taxpayer” action challenging the constitutionality of a California statute.

Kahn graduated magna cum laude in 2003 from the University of San Diego, School of Law. He was a lead articles editor for the San Diego Law Review and was awarded the Outstanding Student in Constitutional Law. Kahn received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Policy Studies, with honors, from Michigan State University in 2000.

Before joining the firm in 2006, Kahn served as a law clerk to Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2005–06), and as a law clerk to Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (2003–05). While in law school, Kahn served as a judicial extern to Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and also to Magistrate Judge Louisa S. Porter of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Kahn has published and spoken on a variety of topics, including class actions, trial practice, civil procedure, punitive damages, voting rights, and constitutional issues. He was recently “Recommended” by The Legal 500 for his work in Insurance and has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America® for his work in Appellate and Securities Litigation. Kahn was also named a Southern California “Rising Star” eight times by Los Angeles Magazine and Southern California Super Lawyers. He serves as the president of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA); he’s the immediate past president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL); and he is a member of the Chancery Club in Los Angeles.

Kahn is a member of the California Bar. He is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California.

Maithili (pronounced “Meth-lee”) Bagaria is an associate attorney in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Finance Practice Group.

Maithili’s practice focuses on advising public companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, commercial banks, and other financial institutions in domestic and cross border debt financing transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, secured and unsecured corporate credit facilities and debt restructurings.

Maithili received her law degree from The University of Texas School of Law in 2021 and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Public Policy from Rice University in 2015, and is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas.

Maithili has worked in both the Singapore and Houston offices of Gibson Dunn. She speaks English, Hindi and conversational Thai.

Chris Bachand-Parente is Of Counsel in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. His practice focuses on complex real estate transactions, including lender and borrower side financing transactions, joint ventures, and restructurings across asset types.

Chris represents domestic and international banks, investment firms, private funds, operating companies, and non-profit organizations. His extensive financing practice has involved the origination, syndication, structuring, securitization, and work-out of mortgage and mezzanine loans, term loans, loan-on-loans, and subscription facilities.

Chris has been listed as a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™ in Real Estate Law, and has also been recognized as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for New York Metro since 2020 and a Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyer” (and its predecessor, Acritas “Star Lawyer”) since 2019.

Chris received his Juris Doctor in 2014 from New York University School of Law, cum laude. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors in economics, from Dartmouth College in 2011.

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

Yehuda Auman is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He currently practices in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Yehuda’s practice covers a broad range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, financings, leasing, construction and development, restructurings, recapitalizations, and foreclosures of various classes of real estate assets.

Yehuda earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Fordham University in 2018 where he was an associate editor of the Fordham International Law Journal and was a Ruth Whitehead Whaley Scholar. Yehuda received his Master of Arts in 2014 and Bachelor of Arts in 2011 in Talmudic Law from Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York.