Ryan Azad is a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group. His practice focuses on appellate matters in state and federal courts. 

Ryan has briefed cases in courts around the country and has argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the California Court of Appeal. He was recognized in the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s annual “Top Verdicts” feature for winning a top appellate reversal in 2024. Ryan was also honored with the 2024 Frank Wheat Memorial Award for his pro bono work briefing and arguing appeals on behalf of indigent clients who were denied their opportunity to fair proceedings in the trial court. In one of those cases, Ryan persuaded the Ninth Circuit to reverse an immigration judge’s denial of his client’s application for relief from removal and later persuaded the government to dismiss removal proceedings altogether, allowing his client to obtain lawful permanent resident status under the Cuban Adjustment Act.

Before joining the firm, Ryan clerked for Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar of the Supreme Court of California, Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. 

Representative matters include:

• City of Los Angeles v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (California Supreme Court): Persuaded the California Supreme Court to grant review of, and unanimously reverse, a Court of Appeal decision limiting the authority of courts to impose monetary sanctions for discovery misconduct, and convinced the Court to hold that the Civil Discovery Act independently authorizes courts to impose monetary sanctions for discovery misconduct. 
• Gold Creek Condo.-Phase I Ass’n of Apartment Owners v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. (Ninth Circuit): Won unanimous affirmance of summary judgment for State Farm in a closely watched insurance case involving water intrusion damage to condominiums in the Pacific Northwest.
• Cordova v. Moronez (California Court of Appeal): Successfully represented a survivor of domestic violence in persuading the Court of Appeal to reverse a trial court’s denial of a domestic violence restraining order request.
• Davis v. Colorado (U.S. Supreme Court): Represented National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of certiorari petition regarding whether, once counsel has been appointed for an indigent defendant, the Sixth Amendment guarantees an indigent defendant the same right to continued representation by that counsel as is enjoyed by affluent defendants.
• Vedagarba v. Airbnb, Inc. (California Court of Appeal): Successfully represented Airbnb in obtaining dismissal of an appeal challenging the denial of plaintiff’s petition to vacate an arbitration award. 
• Woodhouse v. Meta Platforms et al. (Second Circuit): Successfully represented several parties, including Meta, in defending a district court’s dismissal of claims brought by a vexatious litigant and the issuance of a nationwide filing injunction restricting the vexatious litigant’s ability to file new cases raising similar claims in any federal court. 

Ryan received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where he served as a managing editor of the UCLA Law Review, was a member of the Supreme Court Clinic, and taught an undergraduate course as a Collegium of University Teaching Fellow. He earned his B.A., summa cum laude, in History from UCLA, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received the Carey McWilliams Award for his thesis on the freedom of speech in colonial America.

Ryan also serves as a mentor for The Appellate Project, an organization that seeks to empower law students of color to succeed as appellate attorneys and raise awareness about the importance of a diverse appellate system.

Donovan J. Stone is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn.

Before joining the firm, Donovan served as a law clerk to Justice Ketanji B. Jackson of the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Carl E. Stewart of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and Judge Abdul K. Kallon of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Donovan earned his Juris Doctor cum laude from Duke Law School in 2020. While at Duke, he served as Senior Online Editor of the Duke Law Journal, Vice President of the Black Law Students Association, and Secretary of the Moot Court Board. He is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, where he stayed for college, graduating magna cum laude from Centenary College of Louisiana with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science.

Immediately prior to clerking on the Supreme Court, Donovan practiced for two years as a litigation associate in a recognized law firm in Washington, D.C.

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

Jesse Schupack is an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Jesse served as a law clerk to the Honorable Paul V. Niemeyer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Honorable Robert E. Payne of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Jesse received his J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was an Associate Editor of the Michigan Law Review and a Contributing Editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. He also received a PhD in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and before graduate school completed a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. He received his B.A. summa cum laude in philosophy and Russian from The University of the South.

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

Edward Yifei Zhang is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York) and an associate in Hong Kong. He is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations, and Litigation Practice Groups. He has experience representing clients in U.S. court disputes and advising on government and internal investigations, with a particular emphasis on potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Edward practiced at another international law firm in New York, where he handled securities and commercial litigation, and international arbitration matters.

Edward earned his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. During his studies, he worked for Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts with honors in History and Mathematics from Grinnell College. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Mr. Dick has significant experience litigating a broad range of matters in both state and federal courts.  In over 20 years of practice, Josh has developed a broad range of expertise across multiple areas of the law including, class actions, antitrust, unfair competition law, false advertising, products liability, constitutional challenges, the securities and commodities acts, regulatory enforcement and compliance at the federal, state and local levels, legal malpractice, and general business disputes.  He has substantial experience in complex, multifaceted and high-stakes litigation, where has managed and overseen day-to-day operations in many of these cases at both the trial court and appellate levels.  Josh has represented companies in a wide range of products liability and environmental actions, defending his clients across the country against claims for public and private nuisance, products liability, fraud and misrepresentation, failure to warn, trespass, and violations of state consumer protection statutes.  He also has extensive experience in representing companies in complex domestic and multi-national government investigations into alleged antitrust and competition law violations, financial fraud and corporate malfeasance.  In addition, Josh represents a variety of companies and trade associations in challenges to state and municipal regulations and ordinances.  Josh’s recent matters include: 

• Defending Chevron Corporation in more than 30 climate change-related actions filed across the country brought by counties, municipalities, and states alleging that oil and gas companies wrongfully caused climate change damage or misled consumers on climate change under various common law and statutory theories.  Josh has primary responsibility for overseeing and managing all day-to-day aspects of the litigation and has successfully led efforts to secure complete dismissal of several of these cases on the pleadings.
• Defended JUUL Labs in hundreds of putative class actions and individual actions, including multidistrict litigation, alleging product defects, public nuisance and violations of consumer protection laws.  As part of this work, Josh had primary responsibility for working with multiple experts on a wide range of topics including, medical, epidemiology, damages and economics, marketing and advertising, and social media. 
• Defended Walgreens in several cases in California alleging that Walgreens and other companies contributing to the opioids epidemic.
• Represented plaintiff trade association in litigation in the Northern District of California and Ninth Circuit, in challenges to two local government ordinances in California. The first is a challenge to a City of Berkeley ordinance requiring disclosures of purported safety risks of cell phones, CTIA – The Wireless Association v. City of Berkeley, No. 16-15141 (2016), and the second is a challenge on behalf of the California State Outdoor Advertising Association to a San Francisco ordinance that would require certain sugary beverage advertisements to carry a government scripted warning label, American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco, No. 16-16072 (2016).
• Represented a Fortune 500 technology company, which has a majority of total revenues derived from government procurement contracts, in a consolidated securities fraud case pending in the Southern District of New York. As part of this case, Josh was a lead drafter of a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court to resolve an important area of federal law.
• Defended an auto parts manufacturer in consolidated lawsuits, which are among the largest and most complex multidistrict litigation (MDL) cases ever brought in the United States. Plaintiffs assert several causes of action including state law claims in more than 30 states.
• Defended the Fresno Unified School District in a lawsuit challenging the proprietary of using lease-leaseback contracts to finance and construct school buildings in California.
• Representing a multinational company in assessing the viability of bringing pre-election lawsuits to challenge a county ballot initiative that would largely prohibit all oil and gas operations in Monterey County, California.
• Defended a real estate company in a group action brought by over 125 individual plaintiffs in state court in Nevada and a consolidated class action in California asserting several claims related to the conversion of a privately held mortgage fund into a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT). This representation resulted in a complete victory following a 10-day trial in California and a very favorable settlement in Nevada.
• Represented a multinational financial institution in connection with more than 15 domestic and international cartel investigations related to alleged manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and other interest rate benchmarks including, plea negotiations and/or leniency applications in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and other jurisdictions.
• Represented a Japanese auto parts manufacturer and its U.S. and foreign subsidiaries in an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into an alleged antitrust conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids and allocate territories. This include extensive plea negotiations that ultimately resulted in a reduction of the proposed fine by more than 75%.
• The defense of a foreign bank in several investigations brought by domestic and international antitrust and financial enforcers into the alleged manipulation of foreign exchange (“FX”) rates and financial products.

Josh has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for his work in Commercial Litigation, and in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for his work in Criminal Defense: White-Collar and Litigation – Antitrust.

Josh graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School where he served as an associate and articles editor for the Journal of Law Reform.

Susy Bullock is an English qualified partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s London office. She co-chairs the firm’s Transnational Litigation Practice Group and the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice.

Commercial and Transnational Litigation: Susy has extensive experience in commercial litigation in the English and Cayman courts, including the High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal.  She frequently supports clients with complex transnational litigation, often taking on a global coordinating counsel role where litigation arises in multiple jurisdictions.  Particular areas of expertise include civil fraud, financial services, ESG and antitrust. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn as partner, Susy was Head of Litigation for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at UBS.

Environmental Social Governance Practice: Susy regularly advises clients on sustainability and business & human rights matters such as supply chain issues and investigations, National Contact Point complaints, emerging ESG legislation and regulatory requirements, greenwashing risks and complaints; human rights and policy training, ESG-related disclosures and Modern Slavery Act 2015 compliance, and ESG related disputes. She supports clients from a wide variety of industries including oil & gas, food & beverage, and technology. Susy has supported the Thun Group of banks since 2016 – considering business and human rights issues across the banking sector, and is an ongoing (pro bono) advisor to a UK modern slavery charity. Susy is also a member of the firm’s global pro bono committee and pro bono partner for the London office.

Susy is ranked in the 2024 edition of Chambers Crisis & Risk Management, for Environmental, Social and Governance Risk, in which clients have noted: “Susy is a great individual who is a delight to work with and hugely diligent and thorough in her work. A pleasure to work with” and “we highly appreciated Susy’s expertise.” She is also listed as a Global Market Leader for Business & Human Rights Law by Chambers Global 2024, where clients say that: “Susy Bullock is excellent. Always timely in responding, really clear in managing expectations and risks and really consultative with us.” Susy is also recognised by The Legal 500 UK 2025 for Commercial Litigation, Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail, Competition Litigation and ESG. In previous editions, she is noted for her ‘excellent knowledge of the banking industry’.

Jontin Cooper is an England and Wales qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jontin worked in the London office of another major global law firm.

Carrie Yuen is an associate in Hong Kong. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Carrie practices civil and commercial litigation. She advises companies, professional trustee institutions and high-net-worth individuals in a range of contractual, trust and company matters.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Carrie was an associate at an international law firm in Hong Kong. She earned her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Hong Kong in 2020.

Carrie is admitted to practice in Hong Kong. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Myra Leung is an associate in Hong Kong. She is a member of the Finance Practice Group. Myra has experience advising on a range of cross-border finance transactions, with a focus on acquisition and leveraged finance.

Myra has extensive experience throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and has been involved in significant and complex financing transactions acting for a variety of financial institutions and bank syndicates.

Some of her recent and most significant experience includes advising:*

• Syndicate banks on the facilities for the privatization of Chindata Group, a leading carrier-neutral hyperscale data center solution provider in Asia-Pacific emerging markets, by Bain Capital
• Syndicate banks on the facilities for the privatization of 58.com Inc, one of the largest providers of integrated human resources services in China, by a consortium of private equity sponsors
• Syndicate banks on the facilities for the acquisition of a minority stake by Carlyle Group in Taiwan-based sushi chain Zhengxian, also known as Sushi Express
• Syndicate banks on the consent process in connection with the acquisition by Brookfield Asset Management of Hong Kong’s Trimco from Affinity Equity Partners
• Syndicate banks on the facilities for the take-private by Baring Private Equity Asia of Ginko International Co., Ltd., China’s leading contact lenses producer

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

Myra gained her Bachelor of Laws from The London School of Economics and Political Science. She is admitted to practice in Hong Kong and is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Ryan Cheung is an associate in Hong Kong. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Ryan focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ryan was an associate at an international law firm in Hong Kong. 

He received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Hong Kong in 2020, and a Master of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in 2022. Ryan is admitted to practice in Hong Kong and the State of New York.

He is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Becky Chung is an of counsel in Hong Kong. She is a member of the firm’s Financial Regulatory, and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups.

She advises financial institutions on both contentious and non-contentious financial services regulatory matters. She regularly works with financial institutions on contentious regulatory matters which include assisting clients with responding to regulators’ information requests and queries in the context of an investigation, and conducting independent investigations concerning regulatory non-compliance issues for clients. Becky also regularly advises financial institutions on licensing issues, regulatory compliance, regulatory reporting and notifications, systems and controls relating to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing.

Becky is recognized as a recommended lawyer for Regulatory by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Becky practiced at a magic circle firm and an international law firm in Hong Kong. She is also a former investigator and in-house counsel at the Securities and Futures Commission during which time she was involved in a variety of regulatory contentious and non-contentious matters relating to the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO).

Becky received her Bachelor of Laws degree from King’s College London in 2007. She is admitted to practice in Hong Kong and is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Joseph Ruckert is an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Labor and Employment Practice Groups.

Joe has represented clients in a wide range of employment litigation matters, including cases involving alleged violations of discrimination laws, wrongful termination, workplace safety violations, breach of contract, and trade secret misappropriation.  He has significant experience defending employers in federal and state courts across the country, and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and equivalent state agencies. 

In addition to his litigation experience, Joe’s practice includes sensitive, internal workplace investigations into allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination, and whistleblower retaliation.  He also advises clients on day-to-day labor and employment issues.

Joe has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Labor and Employment Law – Management.

Select Representative Matters:

• Secured complete dismissal, with prejudice, of federal lawsuit alleging Title VII sex discrimination, retaliation, and harassment; constructive discharge in violation of Virginia public policy; and tortious interference with prospective employment.
• Won summary judgment on behalf of major law firm in lawsuit alleging violations of the D.C. FMLA.
• Won motion to compel arbitration of race discrimination and retaliation claims.
• Successfully resolved sensitive EEOC Charge relating to alleged disability discrimination.
• Conducted investigation for media company into highly publicized allegations of sexual harassment.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Joe clerked for the Honorable Paul G. Byron in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

He received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2019. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Environmental Science, summa cum laude, from the College of William and Mary.

Joe is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.

Soo-Min Chae is an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Singapore office. He is a member of the firm’s International Trade Advisory and Enforcement Practice Group. 

Soo-Min earned his Master of Laws at Columbia Law School. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Lomonosov Moscow State University. He also received a Master of Laws, cum laude, from Lomonosov Moscow State University, majoring in Corporate law.

Before joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Singapore office, Soo-Min was part of the firm’s Washington D.C. office, where he assisted with matters related to sanctions, export control and tariffs. Previously, Soo-Min practiced at a major South-Korean law firm, where he specialized in M&A, dispute resolution, and compliance related to the CIS region. He also served as a Russian-language interpreter in the Republic of Korea army. 

Soo-Min is licensed to practice in Russian Federation. He is fluent in English, Korean, and Russian.

Brian Seungwon Ham is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York) and an associate. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group and has been recognized as a Leading Associate in this area by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and a Rising Star by IFLR1000.

Brian advises international and regional fund sponsors on the structuring and formation of private investment funds.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he was an associate in the Hong Kong office of Kirkland & Ellis.

Brian received his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in 2018. He is admitted to practice in New York and is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York) in Hong Kong. He is fluent in English and Korean.

Kylie Calabrese is an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Houston office. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, where she represents and counsels clients through the entire lifecycle of complex litigation. Kylie represents clients in state and federal courts across the country in a wide range of subject matters—from technology and real estate to energy and financial services.

Recent Representative Experience:

• Gray Development and Gray Services v. ZOM Holdings Inc. Trial counsel in a twelve-day jury trial in Phoenix, winning a $296 million verdict for Arizona developers Gray Development and Gray Services. The case involved ZOM’s misuse of Gray’s proprietary development plans and breach of non-circumvention and non-disclosure agreements. The American Lawyer recognized the team as “Litigators of the Week.”
• Represented life settlement broker in payment dispute, resulting in a total victory, including an almost $2 million arbitration award, fees and costs, and a take-nothing judgment on defendant’s counterclaims.
• Defended social media company in case of first impression interpreting Texas’s biometrics law.
• Won judgment on the pleadings for social media company based on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
• Represented investment management firm at trial of real estate dispute.
• Represented American petroleum exploration and production company in international arbitration of breach-of-contract dispute.
• Drafted pro bono amicus brief to United States Supreme Court on novel issue of First Amendment application.

Before joining the firm, Kylie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Andrew S. Hanen, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and to the Honorable Robin S. Rosenbaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Kylie earned her J.D. from Baylor University School of Law, where she served as an Executive Editor of the Baylor Law Review, worked as a research assistant to multiple professors, and succeeded in many advocacy competitions. She graduated from Baylor Law in 2020 summa cum laude and as the highest-ranking member of her graduating class. She received her Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of South Carolina Honors College, graduating magna cum laude. Before law school, Kylie worked as the legislative director for a Texas state representative while she earned her Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.

Kylie is a member of the Texas bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.

Rachel M. Orbach is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department. She focuses her practice on real estate finance transactions, representing institutional lenders, including debt funds and investment banks, on the origination and disposition of mortgage, mezzanine and construction loans across all real estate asset classes. She also has extensive experience working on post-closing modifications and restructuring.

Rachel has been named in the Super Lawyers: New York Metro “Rising Stars” list for Real Estate in 2024.

Rachel’s selected significant matters includes the following:*

• Represent a lender in connection with a $2.8 billion mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by a portfolio of industrial properties located in various states across the country;
• Represent administrative agent and lender syndicate in connection with a $680 million construction loan secured by development project to be used primarily for lab and office space in Cambridge, MA;
• Represent lender in connection with a $200 million delayed draw master acquisition loan facility to finance the acquisition of certain self-storage properties located primarily in the Sun-belt; and
• Represent lender in connection with a $200 million facility to fund the acquisition, development and lease-up of build-to-rent properties.

Rachel received her Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts from Emory University.

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

*Includes representations prior to Rachel’s association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Francesca Broggini is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and focuses primarily on government investigations, False Claims Act litigation, white collar defense, and securities litigation. Her experience includes representing both corporate and individual clients in government investigations and litigation involving the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other regulatory and enforcement agencies. She also has experience participating in arbitration proceedings.

Francesca graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she served as an editor for the Journal of International Law. She received her undergraduate degree from the George Washington University, where she majored in International Affairs with a concentration in Economics.

Francesca is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is a native speaker of English and Italian.

Allison Burns is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Allison earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2022, where she served as an Online Editor for the Virginia Law Review and a member of the Editorial Board for the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law. While in law school, Allison received the Bracewell Oral Advocacy Award and served as the President of the UVA Black Law Students Association, a team leader for the Migrant Farmworkers Project, and an extern for the Atlanta Legal Aid Society.

Allison graduated summa cum laude from Howard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. At Howard, Allison was a Founders Scholar, a member of the Honors Program, and a Phi Beta Kappa inductee.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Allison served as a law clerk to the Honorable Leslie Abrams Gardner, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia and to the Honorable DeAndrea Gist Benjamin of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Allison is admitted to practice in the State of Texas and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Robert Fairbanks is a litigation associate in the Orange County office of Gibson Dunn.

Before rejoining the firm in 2025, Robert served as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Clifford Wallace of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable Cormac J. Carney of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Robert graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2022.  He won the McBaine Honors Moot Court Competition, was awarded the Jamison Prize for Scholarship and Advocacy, and was elected to the Order of Barristers.  While in law school, Robert externed for the Honorable Leslie E. Kobayashi of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and worked as a research assistant for Professor Paul Schwartz.  He was also Chair of the Board of Advocates and an Articles Editor for the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.

Robert received his B.A. with high honors in History and his M.Ed. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to law school, he worked as a middle school history teacher.

Robert is admitted to practice law in the State of California and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is also an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).

Fadéla Kaïlech is an associate in the Paris office of Gibson Dunn, where she serves as a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group.

She advises French and international companies on all strategic aspects of French employment law, including redundancies, termination procedures, works council and staff representation, harassment allegations, day-to-day HR issues and the employment aspects of mergers, acquisitions, business transfers and reorganizations.

She also handles employment litigation and negotiates executive departures.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Fadéla Kaïlech practiced several years within the Employment & Benefits practice of a leading American law firm in Paris.

Admitted to the Paris bar in 2022, she graduated from University Paris II – Panthéon Assas with a master’s degree in Labor law.

She speaks French and English fluently.