Julia Doody is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices with the firm’s Litigation Department.

Julia earned her law degree in 2022 from Stanford Law School, where she served as an articles editor for the Stanford Law and Policy Review. Julia graduated from Stanford University in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in human biology and as a recipient of the J.E. Wallace Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement and the Joshua Lederberg Award for Excellence in Human Biology.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Julia clerked for the Honorable R. Brooke Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and the Honorable Veronica S. Rossman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Julia is a member of the State Bars of Colorado and California. 

Courtney Spears is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson Dunn. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department. Courtney represents clients in a wide range of high-stakes, complex commercial cases, with an emphasis in antitrust and competition and technology and intellectual property matters. She has extensive trial experience, having been a core member of four trial teams in the past two years.

Courtney’s representative matters include:

  • Representation of Rimini Street, a leading software support services provider, in copyright, false advertising, and unfair competition litigation against Oracle in the District of Nevada. Represented Rimini Street in two trials in connection with this matter, which is ongoing.
  • Representation of Merck & Co., Inc. at trial in In re Zetia (Ezetimibe) Antitrust Litigation (E.D. Va.), where plaintiffs alleged an unlawful agreement and conspiracy to delay generic competition. A settlement of the multidistrict litigation was reached during trial, and litigation concerning the opt-out plaintiffs is ongoing.
  • Representation of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. against claims of copyright infringement, tortious interference, and unfair competition brought by Oracle in a lawsuit relating to a subcontractor’s handling of components of an Oracle Operating System. After a three-week jury trial, the parties settled on confidential terms.
  • Representation of Big Fish Entertainment and REELZ against copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition claims brought by A&E in connection with On Patrol: Live. A confidential settlement was reached after the close of discovery.
  • Representation of Energizer Holdings, Inc. in three related antitrust class action lawsuits alleging a price-fixing conspiracy with respect to the wholesale and retail sale of disposable batteries in the United States. The cases are currently in discovery with a trial scheduled for 2028.
  • Representation of Amgen Inc. in an antitrust action filed by a competitor alleging monopolization of the market for certain cholesterol reducing medications through the use of bundled discounts. This matter is ongoing, and trial is scheduled for May 2025.
  • Representation of HP Inc. in an antitrust class action alleging that HP monopolized the market for replacement ink through the use of firmware updates. This matter is currently in discovery.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Courtney served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ronald
S.W. Lew of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Courtney earned her Juris Doctor in 2019 from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. While in law school, Courtney served as a Senior Copy Editor for the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal. Courtney graduated magna cum laude from the University of San Diego with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.

Courtney is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California.

Michael J. Perry is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.

Michael represents clients in merger and non-merger related investigations before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice, and complex private and government antitrust litigation. His practice spans a variety of industries, including healthcare and life sciences, energy, and technology, and he is experienced in issues at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property law. Michael has been named a leading antitrust practitioner by Chambers USA, The Legal 500, Global Competition Review, Law360, Lawdragon, and Who’s Who Legal, described by Chambers as a “terrific lawyer who can translate complicated items into laymen’s terms.”

Michael previously served as Counsel to the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition from 2015 to 2016 and as an attorney in the agency’s healthcare division. During his tenure at the FTC, Michael played an integral role in many of the agency’s most significant antitrust enforcement actions, including FTC v. Actavis FTC v. Cephalon, FTC v. Sysco, and FTC v. St. Luke’s Health System.

Michael currently serves in the leadership of the Antitrust section of the American Bar Association as Senior Editor of the Antitrust Law Journal. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Michael was an antitrust partner at an international law firm. He clerked for the Honorable Allyne R. Ross of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and the Honorable Michael A. Chagares of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Michael received his law degree, with distinction, from Stanford University. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Wake Forest University.

Representative matters include:*

  • Lead trial counsel for Community Health Systems in FTC v. Novant Health (W.D. N.C.), defeating the FTC’s motion for a preliminary injunction.
  • Representing RealPage in In re RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (M.D. Tenn.).
  • Represented AbbVie in multiple strategic transactions, including its proposed acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics.
  • Represented Amazon in securing antitrust clearance for its acquisition of One Medical.
  • Represented Novartis’ Sandoz division in the In re Humira Antitrust Litigation putative class action, resulting in a dismissal on the pleadings (N.D. Ill., 7th Cir.).
  • Represented DaVita in the FTC’s conditional approval of the acquisition of the University of Utah’s dialysis business and in securing global antitrust clearance for DaVita’s joint venture with Medtronic.
  • Represented Merck in securing FTC clearance for multiple strategic transactions, including its acquisition of Virbac’s Sentinel business.
  • Represented Indorama Ventures in securing global antitrust clearance for multiple strategic transactions, including its joint venture with other U.S. PET resin manufacturers and its acquisition of Huntsman’s integrated oxides and derivatives business.
  • Defended Arch Coal in the FTC’s challenge to its proposed joint venture with Peabody Energy to combine the companies’ U.S. thermal coal assets (E.D. Mo.).
  • Defended Valero Energy in the California Attorney General’s challenge to the proposed acquisition of Plains All American Pipeline’s Bay Area terminals (N.D. Cal.).
  • Represented RealPage in securing DOJ clearance for its acquisition of Lease Rent Options and related assets from the Rainmaker Group.
  • Defended Columbia University against antitrust claims involving digital television technology, obtaining dismissal on the pleadings (N.D.N.Y).
  • Represented Fujifilm in antitrust litigation and related actions relating to magnetic tape cartridges (S.D.N.Y.).

Representative publications and speaking engagements include:

  • “Pharma Cos. Should Prepare for New Drug-Rebate Scrutiny,” Law360 (September 2021)
  • “Antitrust Enforcement Policy for Cross-market Health Care Mergers: Legal Theories, Limiting Principles, and Practical Considerations,” Antitrust Law Journal (2020)
  • “Antitrust Issues with Biologics and Biosimilars in the U.S. and Europe,” ABA Section of Antitrust Law (March 2020)
  • “The First Cut is the Deepest: Use of Economics Before the Antitrust Agencies and the Courts,” Antitrust Magazine (Spring 2018)
  • “The FDA and FTC’s Increased Focus on Generic Drug Competition Signals Enhanced Attention to REMS Issues,” Antitrust Health Care Chronicle (April 2018)
  • “Antitrust Fundamentals for In-House Counsel,” Association of Corporate Counsel (May 2017)
  • “Pharmaceutical Antitrust Enforcement in the Trump Administration: Forecast Based on Past Administrations and Current Trends, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (March 2017)
  • “Patents, Antitrust and Pharma: Different Rules?,” Antitrust and Intellectual Property Conference, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (October 2015)
  • “Health Care Antitrust 101,” ABA Section of Antitrust Law (March 2015)
  • “State and Federal Enforcement in Non-reportable Transactions,” ABA Section of Antitrust Law (February 2015)
  • “After Actavis: FTC Update,” Intellectual Property Owners Association (January 2014)

*Includes experience prior to joining Gibson Dunn

Michael is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, California, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Lauren Meyer is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Lauren earned her Juris Doctor in 2023 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was a senior editor on the Journal of Law and Social Change and was a member of the Civil Practice Clinic. While in law school, she served as a judicial intern for the Honorable William Bertelsman in the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Prior to law school, she worked as a paralegal. In 2018, she earned her undergraduate degree with the highest distinction from the University of Cincinnati.

Lauren is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.

Anika Gidwani is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she currently practices in the firm’s Corporate Department.

Anika earned her law degree from the University of California, Davis School of Law, where she earned the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and Reynoso Academic Excellence Award. While in law school, Anika was a Senior Notes and Comments Editor of the UC Davis Law Review, Vice President of the Trial Practice Honors Board, and teaching assistant for Civil Procedure. She was a regional champion and national finalist for the American Associate for Justice’s Trial Practice competition.  

Anika graduated in 2019 from the University of Southern California with bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience, cum laude and as a Jack Harding Scholar. She graduated with a master’s degree in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.

Anika is a member of the California Bar.

Spencer Levitt is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Spencer graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Irvine School of Law. While in law school, he served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Jacqueline H. Nguyen of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Spencer was also a legal writing fellow for the first-year lawyering skills program and the co-author of an article published in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change entitled “A Mile Wide but an Inch Deep: Pervasive Racism in International Football, Symbolic Compliance, and a Substantive Path Forward.”

Prior to law school, Spencer received his Bachelor of Arts in political science, with highest honors, from the University of California, Berkeley.

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

Julia Sweitzer is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she currently practices in the firm’s Finance Practice Group. Julia’s practice includes representing direct lenders, institutional lenders, corporate borrowers, private equity sponsors, and portfolio companies in a variety of financing transactions, including leveraged-acquisition financings, first and second lien financings, asset-based financings, cross-border deals, and other secured and unsecured commercial financings.

Julia received her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 2021. In law school, Julia worked as a student attorney at the Georgetown Social Enterprise and Nonprofit Law Clinic, served as executive editor of the Georgetown Environmental Law Review and was an elected member of the Student Bar Association. Prior to law school, Julia worked as a City Hall Fellow at the City and County of San Francisco and as an Avodah Corp Member at the Southern Poverty Law Center in New Orleans. Julia gradated summa cum laude from the University of California, Davis where she double majored in Human Development and Psychology.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Julia was a finance associate at another major global law firm. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Dylan Gunaratne is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where his practice focuses on assisting corporate teams with conducting due diligence in M&A transactions and assisting litigation teams in defending corporate clients on labor and employment matters.

Dylan earned his J.D. from the accelerated SCALE program at Southwestern Law School, where he distinguished himself as the Student Commencement Speaker at the 2023 graduation, received recognition as a Law Student of the Year from The National Jurist, and was awarded the Butterworth Prize for earning the highest GPA at the end of his first year. He also served as a Judicial Extern for The Honorable Joseph A. Brandolino of the Los Angeles Superior Court and The Honorable Kim McLane Wardlaw of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and was a Summer Associate in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office.

Throughout law school, Dylan was involved in student leadership, including serving as an ABA Representative for the Student Bar Association, an editor of the Southwestern Law Review, and President of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) chapter. He was also part of the Entertainment and the Arts Legal Clinic and worked as a teaching assistant for several professors.

Before law school, Dylan gained valuable experience at Sony Pictures Entertainment, working in both franchise marketing for television and branded integration for film, where he primarily assisted with executing product placement deals for major film titles, including Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Venom, among others. At Sony, he also served as Communications Chair for the OUT@SPE employee business resource group. Later, as a Licensing Coordinator at Nelvana Enterprises, a Corus Entertainment company, he assisted with the execution of merchandise licensing deals and launched the company’s OUT at Corus LGBTQ+ employee resource group where he served as the National Co-Chair.

Dylan maintains an active pro bono practice, assisting teams with advising nonprofit clients on corporate matters and supporting LGBTQ+ communities and families through litigation matters.

In addition to his legal practice, Dylan has spoken at TEDx, where he shared his insights as a Crisis Line Counselor for a national suicide prevention lifeline, further showcasing his commitment to raising awareness around mental health issues.

Chelsea D’Olivo is an associate in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. Her practice focuses on white collar defense, investigations, and corporate compliance.

Chelsea represents clients in internal and government investigations related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), False Claims Act (FCA), accounting and securities fraud, and antitrust laws. She has successfully defended U.S. and global companies in criminal and civil investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Chelsea also advises clients regarding corporate compliance. She has counseled corporations on the design and implementation of their compliance programs, managed targeted risk assessments, and conducted transactional due diligence with an emphasis on anti-corruption laws.

Chelsea has represented companies and individuals across a variety of industries, including those in the pharmaceutical, medical device, health care, consumer products, telecommunications, and financial services industries, among others. Her practice has covered conduct in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Representative matters include:

  • Represented a biotechnology company in FCPA investigations by DOJ and the SEC regarding conduct in the Middle East and Asia
  • Represented a pharmaceutical and medical device company in securities fraud and FCPA investigations by DOJ and the SEC regarding conduct in Asia
  • Represented a medical device company in FCPA investigations by DOJ regarding interactions with distributors and health care providers in China
  • Represented a pharmaceutical and medical device company in the evaluation of its compliance with, and reporting obligations pursuant to, a government resolution
  • Conducted anti-corruption due diligence for a multi-million-dollar acquisition of a biopharmaceutical company
  • Represented a hospital and health care services provider in FCA investigations relating to medical necessity and quality-of-care allegations
  • Represented a health care services company in an antitrust investigation by DOJ regarding no-poach agreements
  • Represented a company in an antitrust investigation regarding price fixing and market allocation

Chelsea received her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016, where she served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Law & Politics. Chelsea graduated from Miami University of Ohio in 2011 after three years of undergraduate coursework. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science summa cum laude and a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Health summa cum laude. Prior to attending law school, Chelsea worked as the National Dealer Manager for Road ID.

Chelsea is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Matthew Guice Aiken is of counsel in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of its Litigation, Class Action, and Labor & Employment Practice Groups. His practice focuses on class actions, with an emphasis on health care matters. Prior to re-joining Gibson Dunn, Matthew served as an Associate Counsel and Senior Associate Counsel in the White House Counsel’s Office where he focused on judicial nominations.

After law school, Matthew served as a law clerk to the Honorable Gregg Costa, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Honorable Carol Jackson, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Matthew also worked as the Deputy Voter Protection Director for the Missouri Democratic Coordinated Campaign in 2018.

Matthew received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2016, where he was the Managing Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis in 2010 and a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2012.

Before attending law school, Matthew taught Algebra and coached high school football as a Teach for America corps member in St. Louis.

Matthew is admitted to practice in Missouri and the District of Columbia.

Paige Petrashko is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. 

Paige received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2023. While at the Law School, she was the Executive Comments Editor for The Legal Forum and co-Vice President of the Law Women’s Caucus. Prior to law school, she worked as a political fundraising consultant in San Francisco. In 2018, Paige earned dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Peace & Conflict Studies and Music from the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with distinction.

Paige is a member of the California bar.

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

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Thomas served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Chad A. Readler of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Thomas earned his law degree with honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review. During law school, he won the Sidley Austin Prize for excellence in brief writing. Prior to law school, he received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Brown University and graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics.

Thomas is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Tennessee State Bar, and he is admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits.

Lorena Toussaint is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. Her practice focuses on sensitive, high-stakes litigations and investigations related to consumer protection, media and entertainment, and corporate and white collar crime.

Lorena has represented multinational companies in government and internal investigations involving allegations of fraud, bribery, corruption, and theft of trade secrets, as well as various allegations under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Consumer Product Safety Act, and other state and federal consumer protection statutes. She also has experience defending media and entertainment companies and individuals in fast-paced legal proceedings and pre-litigation resolutions. Lorena’s active pro bono practice focuses on human rights issues.

Lorena received her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as Associate Editor of the Michigan Journal of International Law, interned at a professional NBA team, and extensively contributed to the Human Trafficking Clinic as a student attorney and research assistant. Lorena earned her Bachelor of Science with high distinction from the University of Michigan, with a focus on kinesiology, health, and fitness. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York, as well as the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Lorena’s recent experience includes representing:

Consumer Protection

  • A large food and beverage company in connection with a complex, transnational investigation.
  • A major retailer in a DOJ investigation under the FDCA that resulted in a favorable misdemeanor resolution.
  • A food delivery services company in a significant constitutional challenge to a data sharing ordinance, including claims related to the First Amendment, Contract Clause, and Takings Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Media and Entertainment

  • A major digital sports entertainment company involved in a labor and trade secrets dispute that culminated in a sweeping injunction.  
  • A media and technology conglomerate in a discrete internal investigation related to allegations of bribery and corruption.
  • A high-profile entertainment company in a commercial contract dispute that concluded in a favorable settlement.  
  • An entertainer in connection with a privacy matter, achieving prompt and successful resolution.
  • A prominent media production company in a discrete employment internal investigation.  

Pro Bono

  • A group of individuals and organizations in a novel state constitutional challenge related to healthcare violations, securing victory on summary judgment and defending against a pending appeal in the state supreme court.
  • A nonprofit in an ongoing fraud and embezzlement action against multiple individuals and entities.

Taha Sutarwala is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department.

Taha earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago, where he graduated with Honors. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.

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

Sage Garcia is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department.

Sage received his Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University.

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

Katy Sharp is a senior associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn, where she practices in the firm’s Litigation Department. She is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations and False Claims Act / Qui Tam Defense practice groups. She has represented clients in the technology, energy, healthcare, retail, banking, education, construction management, and telecommunications sectors in both litigation and investigation matters. 

Katy’s practice focuses on leading teams in high-stakes litigation and investigations. Clients rely on her to effectively and efficiently navigate them through large-scale civil discovery. Katy leads discovery at all stages, including managing document collection and production, drafting and responding to discovery requests, engaging in related meet-and-confers and motion practice, preparing lay and expert witnesses, and taking and defending depositions. 

Katy represents clients in both federal and state courts and has experience at all stages of litigation, including senior case management, pre-trial dispositive motions, motions in limine, lay witness preparation, and working with experts. 

Additionally, Katy represents both individuals and companies in criminal matters and investigations by federal and state government entities such as the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Securities and Exchange Commission, and various state Attorneys General and state regulatory agencies.

Katy’s representative matters include:

  • Representing a major oil production company in a case spanning more than seven years that resulted in a four-week jury trial in state court in a matter involving tort claims and highly complex and technical facts. Katy led the discovery team in an effort that lasted over three years and included over 1,500 written discovery requests, production of over 800,000 pages of documents, subpoenas to 40 third parties, and depositions of 68 lay witnesses and ten expert witnesses. She was a key member of the trial team, including leading and developing trial logistics throughout the in-person state trial held during the global pandemic.
  • After taking over a case from another law firm, representing a construction management company in a successful motion for summary judgment in what was at the time the longest-running state False Claims Act suit in California history and successfully defending motion before Court of Appeal.
  • Multiple investigations representing clients in the technology sector, including a recent representation of a large technology company in which Katy, a core member of the team, succeeded in the Federal Trade Commission declining to take further action against the company.

Katy takes great pride in her pro bono work, which has included successfully negotiating a settlement and obtaining cancellation of a quitclaim deed in a financial elder abuse case, obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for a child from El Salvador, and prevailing on a motion to have a plaintiff who filed frivolous lawsuits declared a vexatious litigant in a trial court action in which the plaintiff sued Gibson Dunn’s clients for libel after a newspaper published articles exposing the plaintiff’s scams.

Katy earned her law degree from the University of Southern California, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as a copy editor on the Southern California Law Review. While at the University of Southern California, Katy was a writing fellow in the Legal Writing and Advocacy Program and externed in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Yale University.

Emily Bucholtz is a litigation associate in Gibson Dunn’s New York office.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Emily served as a law clerk to the Honorable Kenneth F. Ripple of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Emily earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2023, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Emily served as an editorial board member of the Virginia Law Review and the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology. She was also a member of the school’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and served on the board of Virginia Law Women. Emily received her B.S.B.A. in Finance and B.S. in Psychology from the Ohio State University, summa cum laude, in 2019.

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

Danilo Risteski is an associate in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Danilo earned his J.D. from the University of Colorado in 2024, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, he served on the executive board for the University of Colorado Law Review, served as a teaching assistant for legal writing, and completed an externship for Judge Stephanie Dunn at the Colorado Court of Appeals. Danilo also received the George Bermant Award for Best Student Work in Securities Law. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Colorado, where he completed concentrations in international affairs and political science.

Danilo’s writings have appeared in the University of Colorado Law Review and the Washington Post.

Danilo is admitted to practice law in Colorado.

Jake Bubman is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. He currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Jake earned his law degree from the UCLA School of Law in 2024. While in law school, Jake served as a judicial extern for the Honorable John A. Kronstadt of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He also participated in the Moot Court Honors Program and served as a Writing Advisor to first year law students. 

Prior to law school, Jake earned a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in International Relations and the Global Economy and Spanish from the University of Southern California. Upon graduation, he was recognized as the USC Class of 2021 Salutatorian, elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and awarded the Order of the Laurel and the Palm, the highest honor bestowed upon USC undergraduates.

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

Jihao Chen is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. He currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Jihao earned his law degree from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where he served as a Senior Editor of the Southern California Law Review. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from UCLA.

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