Alli Balick is of counsel in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group. Her practice focuses on all aspects of executive compensation and employee benefits, including tax, ERISA, accounting, corporate, and securities law aspects of equity and other incentive compensation plans, qualified and nonqualified retirement and deferred compensation plans and executive employment and severance arrangements. Alli also practices with the firm’s Corporate and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance departments, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, emerging growth companies, corporate governance, and securities law matters.

She earned her law degree in 2009 from the University of Southern California where she served as the Submissions Editor for the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal. Alli graduated in 2005 from the University of California, Berkeley with Bachelor degrees in both Legal Studies and Mass Communications.

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

Spencer Bankhead is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson Dunn. He currently practices in the firm’s Transactional Department.

Spencer earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and his MBA from the Darden School of Business, where he received the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence. While in law school, Spencer served on the managing board of the Virginia Law & Business Review and as a Counselor on the university’s Honor Committee.

Prior to attending law school, Spencer worked in the early-stage venture capital space and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Strategy from Brigham Young University.

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

Akiva Reich is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He practices with the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group.

He earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2011, and a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies from Excelsior College in 2007.

Akiva is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

Chris Puttock is an associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions, Technology Transactions, and Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation Practice Groups.

Chris brings expertise in negotiating and structuring strategically important technology-driven transactions, including advising clients across a range of industry sectors on the negotiation of IT and business process outsourcing projects; cross-border licensing, manufacturing, and supply arrangements; and software development and licensing arrangements. Chris has experience advising clients on the technology, data, and intellectual property aspects of corporate transactions, including the structuring and negotiation of ancillary transitional arrangements to support business continuity in complex carve-out transactions. Chris also advises clients on data protection and privacy matters, including in relation to various technology transactions and commercial arrangements, and providing business-focused regulatory counselling in relation to online and technology products.

Elizabeth (Libby) Pica is a corporate associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn, where she currently practices in the firm’s Technology Transactions Practice Group.

Libby earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2019, where she served as the Executive Editor of Online Content for the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law. She graduated from Villanova University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Spanish and a minor in Criminology.

Libby is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

Ryan Oringer is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of Gibson Dunn’s Technology Transactions and Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Practice Groups.

He advises public and private companies, financial institutions and emerging companies on the structuring and negotiation of complex commercial transactions, with a focus on technology-related matters. Ryan drafts and negotiates corporate agreements, including with respect to complex sourcing arrangements, intellectual property, software and data licenses, subscription services, consulting and professional services, managed hosted and cloud computing services, joint ventures, and other strategic commercial arrangements.

Ryan has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ in 2023.

He earned his Juris Doctor in 2015 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as the Online Editor on the Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts. While at Columbia, he won the Michael D. Remer Memorial Award in recognition of his interest in and aptitude for the fields of arts and copyright law. Ryan graduated cum laude in 2012 from Rice University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in film and political science.

Ryan currently serves on the associate board of the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.

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

Publication:

“A Proposed Framework for Transforming Fair Use Analysis in the World of Mass Digitization,” Bloomberg BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, November 11, 2016.

Maria Fernanda Ojeda Hamui is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn, where her practice focuses on financing transactions, project finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate practice.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Maria worked in a preeminent law firm in Mexico City where she was a member of the Corporate Group. Her practice focused on corporate and financing matters, project financing, restructurings, and acquisitions. She has advised both multi-national and local companies on local and cross border transactions between Mexico and the US, and has participated in commercial and infrastructure project transactions.

Maria received her Law Degree, magna cum laude, in 2012 from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico. She obtained her Master in Law (LL.M.) degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2016. She is fluent in Spanish and English.

Maria is admitted to practice in the State of New York and Mexico.

Emma Becker is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Emma represents clients in complex litigation and investigations. She also maintains an active pro bono practice and was a recipient of The Legal Aid Society’s 2025 Pro Bono Publico Award for outstanding service to The Legal Aid Society and its clients.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Emma served as a law clerk to the Honorable Colm F. Connolly of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Emma earned her Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law. While in law school, Emma served on the Executive Board of the NYU Moot Court Board and served as a civil procedure teaching and research assistant for Professor Arthur R. Miller. Emma received her Bachelor of Arts from The College of New Jersey, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

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

Jacqueline Malzone is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn, where she currently practices in the firm’s Technology Transactions and Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Contracts Practice Groups.

Jacqueline’s practice focuses on complex commercial and corporate transactions, including intellectual property aspects of public and private mergers and acquisitions, carveouts, joint ventures, and venture capital and private equity investments. She advises clients on strategic commercial transactions, including negotiating and drafting agreements in connection with complex licensing, manufacturing, research and development, dispute settlement, SaaS, and other services agreements. Jacqueline advises clients in a wide range of industries, including the fashion and apparel, consumer products, sports, arts and entertainment, foodservice, software and technology, logistics, and renewable energy industries.

Jacqueline’s pro bono practice includes representation of non-profit organizations on commercial and licensing matters, representing individuals in asylum and immigration matters, and representing individuals in domestic violence protective order proceedings.

Jacqueline received her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal. Jacqueline graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and minors in Theatre and Education. She was also an Eagleton Undergraduate Associate, earning a certificate in American Politics, while at Rutgers.

Jacqueline currently serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Women’s Affinity Group in New York.

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

Elizabeth McCloskey is a partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn. Elizabeth serves as co-chair of the firm’s Technology Litigation Practice Group. She is also a member of Gibson Dunn’s Litigation, Intellectual Property, Antitrust, and Trials Practice Groups.

Elizabeth’s practice focuses on complex high-stakes trials, technology and privacy disputes, and intellectual property and antitrust litigation. She has represented corporate and individual clients in a wide range of litigation, including privacy, copyright, trademark, trade secret, defamation, antitrust, and employment actions, as well as white-collar criminal defense cases and investigations. Elizabeth is an experienced trial litigator.

Elizabeth earned her J.D. from the University of California Berkeley School of Law, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and served on the California Law Review and Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law. Elizabeth clerked for Judge Valerie B. Fairbank of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and Judge John T. Noonan Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Before law school, Elizabeth worked as a journalist.

Representative Trials*

  • Achieved a complete jury defense verdict in a trademark infringement suit brought against TikTok Inc. and ByteDance Ltd. where the jury unanimously rejected claims regarding TikTok’s “stitch” tool.
  • Achieved a complete defense verdict on behalf of a cloud networking company in a high-profile copyright and patent case. After a two-week trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Elizabeth’s client on all claims.
  • Achieved a defense verdict in an arbitration on behalf of a technology-focused venture fund in a founder dispute.
  • Represented the former CEO of a major consumer products company in a five-week jury trial in the Northern District of California against charges that he conspired to fix prices of products sold in the United States.
  • Represented a major social media platform in putative class action jury trial alleging privacy violations under the California Invasion of Privacy Act.
  • Represented a technology platform in arbitrations relating to alleged violations of the Truth in Lending Act, deceptive lending practices and breach of contract.

Representative Matters*

  • Representing a major social media platform in putative class actions alleging privacy violations under the Wiretap Act, the California Invasion of Privacy Act,  common-law privacy doctrines, breach of contract, among other claims.
  • Representing DoorDash in an enforcement action filed by the City of Chicago seeking restitution and penalties for allegedly false advertising, misleading menu pricing, deceptive promotions, and tipping practices.
  • Representing global professional services company in offensive trade secret competitor case pending in the Northern District of Texas.
  • Represented a ride-sharing platform in actions brought by the California Attorney General and Labor Commissioner, addressing issues critical to the “sharing” economy: whether drivers have been misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees.
  • Represented a fast-growing commercial real estate marketplace against a copyright and unfair competition lawsuit brought by a competitor and asserting counterclaims alleging antitrust violations, unfair competition, trademark infringement and false advertising.
  • Represented a communications company in a trade libel, defamation, and false advertising suit. Elizabeth succeeded in significantly narrowing the case against her client on summary judgment and then favorably resolved the remainder of the litigation on the eve of trial.
  • Represented a biotechnology company in a federal trade secret theft lawsuit alleging that its former scientists, several of whom were also charged criminally by the U.S. Department of Justice, stole confidential and proprietary information to help a foreign company develop biosimilar versions of medicines.
  • Represented a professional athlete in a False Claims Act case brought by another athlete and joined by the United States. The case settled. The team’s prior representation of the client resulted in the closing of a federal criminal investigation without charges being filed.
  • Represented a pharmaceutical company in an antitrust case alleging an anti-competitive reverse payment arising out of a patent litigation settlement concerning a narcolepsy medication.

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

Awards & Honors

Presentations & Publications

  • Views From the Bottom: Hot Issues & Trends in White Collar Fraud Enforcement, ABA White Collar Crime Subcommittee for Northern California
  • Case Study: Packaged Seafood — The Anatomy of an Extraordinary Cartel Matter, Global Competition Review

Professional Affiliations

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Historical Society, Board of Directors
  • Women’s White Collar Defense Association, Program Committee
  • The Bar Association of San Francisco, Litigation Section

Clerkships

Hon. John T. Noonan Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2011-2012

Hon. Valerie Baker Fairbank
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2010-2011

Education

UC Berkeley School of Law

  • Order of the Coif
  • Prosser Prize, Intellectual Property in the Entertainment Industry
  • Articles Editor, California Law Review
  • Executive Articles Editor and Symposium Editor, Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law
  • Member, Berkeley Technology Law Journal

Georgetown University

  • The Edward B. Bunn Award for Journalistic Excellence
  • News Editor and Senior Writer, The Georgetown Voice

Sara Greaves is an associate at Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department with a particular focus on trials, white collar defense and investigations, and complex commercial litigation. Sara has experience representing multinational and market-leading corporations in high-stakes litigation across various jurisdictions. She has also defended individuals and entities in connection with sensitive government investigations and enforcement proceedings. 

Sara earned her law degree from New York University School of Law in 2022, where she was an Executive Editor of the New York University Law Review, President of the Student Bar Association, and recipient of the Dean John Sexton Prize. She graduated with honors with Bachelor of Business Administration degrees in both Business Honors and Marketing from Texas A&M University.

Sara also maintains a pro bono practice. In 2025, she received the 2025 Pro Bono Publico Award by The Legal Aid Society, which recognizes volunteer lawyers for their outstanding service to low-income New Yorkers.

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

Kate M. Googins is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn, where she practices in the firm’s Litigation Department. Kate’s practice focuses on consumer protection defense, and she regularly represents major technology companies in high-exposure lawsuits and federal and state regulatory inquiries. Kate also provides strategic advice to her clients on product launches, marketing, consumer experience, and privacy issues.

In 2025, Kate served as a law clerk to the Honorable Sherilyn Peace Garnett of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Kate earned her J.D. from the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver in 2021, where she graduated in the top 2% of her class and was elected to the Order of the Coif. She earned a Bachelor of Arts, with honors, in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.

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

Rachel Levick is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of the Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort and the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice Groups.

Rachel represents companies across multiple industries in a wide range of federal and state litigation, agency enforcement actions, and administrative rulemaking proceedings. She works with her clients to assess compliance, navigate enforcement actions, and defend against litigation under a variety of environmental statutes and programs, including the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. In addition to her federal experience, Rachel helps clients address environmental compliance and enforcement issues with state regulators, particularly in California. She also advises clients in a variety of corporate, private equity, finance and real estate transactions, identifying environmental risks and negotiating transactional documents for buyers, sellers and investors of manufacturing, service, technology, aerospace, petroleum, energy, and financial industry clients.

In 2025, Rachel was selected by the National Law Journal as a D.C. Rising Star. She has also been recognized by Law360 as an Environmental “Rising Star,” in the Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation edition, and by Best Lawyers as “One to Watch” in Environmental Litigation.

Representative engagements include:

  • Successfully obtaining on behalf of eBay Inc. Rule 12 dismissal of claims by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging violations of three major federal environmental statutes. United States v. eBay Inc., No. 23-CV-7173, 2024 WL 4350523 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2024).
  • Representing Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC in investigation and civil enforcement action regarding compliance with Clean Air Act requirements governing emissions controls and in related settlement of civil claims with the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California Attorney General, the California Air Resources Board, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. United States v. Daimler AG, No. 20-2564 (D.D.C.).
  • Advising a multinational oil company in the defense of a $1.8 billion civil lawsuit regarding oil remediation in Indonesia, resulting in the complete dismissal of the plaintiff’s claims by the trial court, subsequently affirmed on appeal.
  • Representing various clients in developing substantial regulatory comments to major EPA proposed regulations under the Clean Air Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.
  • Defending a major Fortune 500 biomedical manufacturing company in state enforcement action concerning multimillion dollar remediation of groundwater contamination.
  • Representing coalition of major automotive manufacturers as intervenors in consolidated challenges to NHTSA’s rulemaking finding that state greenhouse gas emissions regulations are preempted by federal law, and to EPA’s parallel rulemaking revoking California’s Clean Air Act preemption waiver. Union of Concerned Scientists v. NHTSA, No. 19-1230 (D.C. Cir.).
  • Prosecuting $250 million CERCLA cost recovery action against the United States, resulting in a significant recovery after multi-week bench trial in federal court. Lockheed Martin Corp. v. United States, 35 F. Supp. 3d 92 (D.D.C.).

Rachel was an associate at Gibson Dunn from 2013 to 2014. From 2014 to 2016, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Amy Berman Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She rejoined the firm in 2016.

Rachel received her law degree cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2013, where she was a recipient of the Levy Scholarship. During law school, she served as a Senior Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and as a Louderback Legal Writing Instructor. Rachel earned her Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010.

Rachel is admitted to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Ekaterina (Kate) Napalkova is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group.

Kate advises public and private companies, private investment funds, boards of directors, and management teams on a broad range of compensation and employee benefits matters. Her advice focuses on the human capital, compensation and employee benefits aspects of M&A, restructurings, IPO, cross-border, spin-offs, and other corporate transactions. She is experienced in the negotiation and implementation of benefit and compensation plans, as well as compensation-related securities reporting and corporate governance matters. 

Chambers USA has ranked Kate as a leading lawyer for the third straight year and Legal 500 has recognized her as a key lawyer.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Kate served as a partner at an international law firm. She received her law degree cum laude in 2009 from the Fordham University School of Law, where she also served as the editor-in-chief of the Fordham International Law Journal. She is admitted to practice in New York and California.

Melissa Murphy is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn.

She received her Juris Doctor with High Honors from Emory University School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and received the Top 10% Oral Advocacy Award. She also served as the Executive Managing Editor of the Emory Law Journal and earned the Transactional Law Certificate. Prior to law school, Melissa graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Public Relations.

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

Mona Mosavi is a corporate associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Technology Transactions and Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Practice Groups. Mona’s practice focuses on a range of corporate and commercial transactions, including technology transactions, complex outsourcing transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. She maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing non-profit organizations on transactional matters and representing individuals in asylum and immigration matters.

Mona earned her Juris Doctor in 2022 from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. While in law school, she served as a staff editor for the Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts and the Co-President of the Middle Eastern Law Students Association. Mona graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors in 2019 from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and political science.

Mona currently serves as a Co-Chair of the firm’s Middle Eastern and North African Affinity Group in New York. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York and State of California.

Austin Morris is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Tax Practice Group.

Austin received his Juris Doctor in 2023 from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting, summa cum laude, from Brigham Young University. Austin is admitted to practice in the State of Texas.

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

Yara received her Juris Doctor and her Master of Laws in Comparative Law from Cornell University in 2010, where she served as an editor for the Cornell International Law Journal and graduated magna cum laude. Yara earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in International Relations and English Literature from Wheaton College in 2007.

She is admitted to practice law in New York.

Jessica Lee is a corporate associate in the New York Office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions and Technology Transactions Practice Groups.

Jessica’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial transactions including technology transactions, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and complex outsourcing transactions.

Jessica received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law in 2022, where she was a Ruth Whitehead Whaley Scholar, the President of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, and a member of the Urban Law Journal. While at Fordham, she won the Fordham Legal Writing Award for scholastic excellence in legal writing. Jessica received her Bachelor of Arts Degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015.

Prior to attending law school, Jessica was an elementary school teacher in Newark, New Jersey through the Teach for America organization. 

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

Jason J. Mendro is a litigation partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and serves as Co‐Chair of the Firm’s national Securities Litigation Practice Group, which is consistently recognized as one of the top securities litigation practices in the country. Jason has extensive experience defending class and derivative action lawsuits at the trial and appellate level.

Jason is ranked as a leading (Band 1) lawyer in Securities Litigation by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2022-2025). Jason has been recognized as a “Recommended Lawyer” in Securities Litigation: Defense in the Legal 500 US 2025 guide, and named to Lawdragon’s list of 500 Leading Litigators in America for 2026. He has also earned national recognition, being named “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer, a “Rising Star” by Law360 and Super Lawyers, and a 2024 BTI Client Service All-Star by BTI Consulting.

Jason defends a broad spectrum of commercial litigation. He represents companies and their directors and officers in wide-ranging shareholder disputes, including securities class actions, challenges to mergers and acquisitions, and derivative lawsuits. He advises boards of directors and special litigation committees in addressing shareholder litigation demands. He also defends cryptocurrency litigation, challenges to investment services and products, data breach litigation, and claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the False Claims Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Jason authors chapters of two leading litigation treatises.

In addition to defending private claims, Jason regularly represents businesses in litigation with the government. He has defended numerous companies in investigations and lawsuits by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and large coalitions of state attorneys general. He also has represented leading industry groups in challenging administrative rulemakings.

Jason graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida, where he graduated first in his class. Jason also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Gerald B. Tjoflat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Jason is admitted to practice law in Washington, D.C., New York, California, and numerous federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits.

Representative Shareholder Litigation Matters:

  • Won dismissal of class and derivative actions claiming that a multinational financial services company made false disclosures about a leading investment product.  
  • Won dismissal of a securities class action and parallel derivative litigation claiming that a worldwide hotel operator made false and misleading statements concerning its susceptibility to cyberattacks.
  • Won dismissal of derivative claims asserting that the board of directors of a global science and technology innovator misled its investors about its commitment to diversity and inclusion.
  • Won dismissal of derivative claims alleging that the directors and officers of a major retail company failed to oversee the company’s compliance with consumer protection laws.
  • Won dismissal of a securities class action challenging a biotechnology company’s public statements about the development of its products.
  • Won dismissal of multiple class actions challenging a merger that created the world’s largest hotel company.
  • Won dismissal of underwriters from a securities class action arising out of a disputed stock offering by a real estate finance company.
  • Won dismissal of derivative claims against the directors and officers of a leading government contractor arising from its announcement that it entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
  • Won dismissal of a derivative action claiming that the board of directors of a major pharmaceutical company improperly awarded executive compensation that did not qualify for certain tax deductions.
  • Won dismissal of a derivative action accusing executives of a technology company of backdating stock options.

Other Representative Matters:

  • Won voluntary dismissal of a leading financial services firm from sweeping, multi-district litigation arising from the unprecedented volatility of “meme stocks” in 2021.
  • Won an injunction facilitating investors’ recovery on defaulted Argentine Bonds in what The Financial Times called “the trial of the century” in sovereign debt restructuring.
  • Secured an influential ruling granting partial dismissal of claims against a global cryptocurrency company and helping to shape the definition of “security.”
  • Successfully challenged a controversial Labor Department regulation that would have redefined the obligations of investment professionals.
  • Won a precedent-setting appellate victory that reversed a multi-million-dollar jury verdict under the False Claims Act.
  • Won dismissal of claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act against a leading debt collection company.
  • Successfully challenged CFTC regulations with sweeping implications for the global swaps market.
  • Represented a leading government contractor in multidistrict litigation arising from a data breach perpetrated against the U.S. government.