Cordula Pues is a staff attorney in the Munich office of Gibson Dunn where she currently practices with the firm’s Litigation Department.

She studied law at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and passed her first state examination in 2022. During her legal education she worked for a renowned international law firm in Munich and gained experience in Litigation and Arbitration. After passing her second state examination at the Higher Regional Court Munich, Cordula has been admitted as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwältin) since 2025.

Cordula speaks German and English.

Josh Marcus Moak is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group where he represents private equity funds, institutional and non-institutional investors, developers, operators, lenders, and borrowers in negotiating and structuring real estate joint ventures, acquisitions, sales, developments, and financings. Josh has significant experience in hospitality transactions, with a focus on representing owners and restaurant brands in management agreements, joint ventures, license agreements, and leases.

Prior to joining the Real Estate Practice Group, he served as an independent consultant to real estate developers, food and beverage companies, and private equity funds on growth and turnaround projects, including acquiring distressed and stressed restaurant assets and leases and restaurant curation, sourcing, and negotiations. Prior to serving as an independent consultant, he was the Vice President, Development & General Counsel of the critically acclaimed, global food and beverage company, Momofuku Group, where he led a wholesale restructuring of the business, significant national growth of the restaurant division, equity and debt fundraising, corporate governance, and served as general counsel. Prior to Momofuku Group, he was a corporate restructuring attorney and represented ad hoc groups of hedge funds, private equity funds, large investment managers, and other financial institutions in high profile, complex in-court and out-of-court restructurings and distressed M&A transactions across a variety of industry sectors, with a focus on hospitality, leisure, and gaming.

Josh received his B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, magna cum laude, in 2007 and his J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law, cum laude, in 2010.

Josh is admitted to practice law in California and New York.

Shannon Marcum is an Assistant General Counsel in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn. Prior to joining the General Counsel’s office, she was a member of the Firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Shannon has represented borrowers, lenders, private equity funds, developers and operators in a broad array of commercial real estate transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, construction, mortgage (fee and leasehold), mezzanine financing, joint ventures and commercial leasing transactions. Shannon has experience forming and representing limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships and joint ventures, and working with a diverse set of asset classes, including hospitality, retail centers, commercial office buildings, multi-asset portfolios, multifamily complexes, industrial projects, and vacant land.

She has been involved in a variety of pro bono engagements, including advising charter schools and nonprofit organizations in land use, leasing and financing transactions, as well as participating in screening projects for the Innocence Project.

Shannon graduated from UCLA School of Law in 2015, with specializations in both business law and taxation. She earned her undergraduate degree in communications from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2010 and her M.B.A. from Tarleton State University in 2011.

Shannon is admitted to practice law in California and Texas.

Mashoka Maimona is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Transactional Department. She currently practices in the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group. Her practice encompasses a broad range of corporate and capital markets matters, including representing companies, underwriters, and investors in a variety of public and private financing transactions, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements and ownership filings, and general corporate matters. Mashoka also maintains an active pro bono practice advising non-profits on various corporate matters.

Mashoka graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where she served as Senior Editor of the Faculty of Law Review and the Journal of Law and Equality. She has an MSc. in Politics and Communication from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts (English, Honors) from Carleton University.

Prior to practicing law, Mashoka had a career in journalism, speechwriting, and advising senior government leaders, including a former Premier and Cabinet Ministers in Ontario. Mashoka is admitted to practice law in the State of California.

Cynthia Mabry is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn where she is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group. She represents public and private entities, investors, and underwriters in capital markets and finance transactions, including offerings of equity and debt securities.

Cynthia also provides counsel on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and compliance matters, and joint ventures. She is particularly experienced with clients engaged in the energy industry, including utilities, oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services, and other related sectors. Cynthia advises clients on governance structures and rapidly evolving legal and compliance issues related to climate change, environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), and sustainability reporting.

Awards and Accolades:

• Chambers USA, “Capital Markets: Debt & Equity” (2020 – 2025)
• Texas Super Lawyers, “Super Lawyer for Securities & Corporate Finance” (2023 – 2025); “Rising Star” (2017-2020)
• Lawdragon, “500 Leading U.S. Energy Lawyers” (2023 – 2025)
• BTI, Client Service All Star (2022; 2025)
• The Best Lawyers in America, “Corporate Law” (2021 – 2025)
• Expert Guides, “Rising Stars” (2022)
• The Houston Business Journal, “Women Who Mean Business” (2022)

Representative Clients and Transactions:

Securities Offerings

• TGS ASA (Oslo: TGS) on its refinancing of existing debt with its debut Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes
• Ovintiv Inc.’s (NYSE: OVV) underwritten offering of $2.3 billion aggregate principal amount of investment grade senior notes
• The underwriters in NuStar Energy L.P.’s (NYSE: NS) offering of 13,000,000 common units
• The underwriters in multiple public offerings of more than $8.7 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes by Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM)
• LyondellBasell’s (NYSE: LYB) in multiple underwritten offerings of more than $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of guaranteed notes
• The underwriters in NuStar Energy L.P.’s (NYSE: NS) offering of 13,000,000 common units
• Aris Water Solutions, Inc.’s (NYSE: ARIS) Rule 144A offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes
• Noble Corporation’s (NYSE: NE) offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes to finance its acquisition of Diamond Offshore Drilling
• Silverbow’s (NYSE: SBOW) $148 million follow-on equity offering
• Star Leasing Company, LLC (d/b/a Transportation Equipment Network (TEN)) on its debut Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes
• ProFrac Holding Corp (NASDAQ: ACDC) on its $885 million refinancing of existing senior secured term loan and other debt with a private offering of senior secured notes and a secured term loan

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV) in the financing of its $2.377 billion acquisition of all leasehold interest and related assets of Paramount Resources Ltd. 
• Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV) in the financing of its $4.275 billion acquisition of all leasehold interest and related assets of Black Swan Oil & Gas, PetroLegacy Energy and Piedra Resources
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Atlas Corp. (NYSE: ATCO) in a $10.9 billion take-private transaction
• Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of Holly Energy Partners (NYSE: HEP) in its merger with HF Sinclair Corporation (NYSE: DINO) in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion

Cynthia received her J.D. from The University of Houston Law Center in 2010. In 2004, she graduated from Louisiana State University with her Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Prior to practicing law, Cynthia worked as a senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Houston.

Cynthia serves on the board of the University of Houston Law Foundation and is Co-Chair of the University of Houston Law Center’s Women of the Law. She is also a member of the advisory council to the Louisiana State University Ogden Honors College and the advisory council to the Tahirih Justice Center, Houston.

Sarah Pongrace is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of Gibson Dunn’s White Collar Defense and Investigations, Litigation, Securities Enforcement, National Security, and Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation practice groups. Her practice focuses on the intersection of law and technology, particularly in the context of civil and criminal enforcement proceedings, internal investigations, litigation, and crisis management.

She has represented clients across a diverse range of sectors, including telecommunications, technology, energy, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, and banking and financial institutions. She has experience with fast-paced, high-stakes internal investigations, as well as with all aspects of discovery, including witness interviews and depositions, responses and objections, and document collections, reviews, and productions. She has also advised clients in other regulatory matters, including securing trade licenses and approvals, filing voluntary self-disclosures, responding to administrative subpoenas, and working with clients to improve their compliance programs.

Sarah received her Juris Doctor in 2020 from Harvard Law School, where she served as a Staff Editor of the Journal on Legislation and as a member of the Research Committee for the Women’s Law Association. During law school, she served as an intern for the Peace Corps Office of the General Counsel and worked as a research assistant on topics related to constitutional law, corporate accountability, and educational equal rights protections. Prior to law school, she received her B.A. in history and romance languages from Boston College and worked in education in the Boston area. Sarah is fluent in French and conversant in Italian. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Melina is an associate in the Munich office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group.

She advises clients on a broad range of white collar and regulatory compliance matters, with a particular focus on export control and sanctions compliance, anti-corruption (including FCPA-related matters), ESG-related regulatory requirements, and compliance issues in highly regulated industries such as financial services and insurance.

She supports clients in the structuring, assessment, and implementation of compliance management systems designed to ensure adherence to applicable regulatory frameworks, including EU and U.S. export control regimes such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). In this context, she assists with internal licensing procedures, risk assessments, internal investigations, and voluntary or directed disclosures.

Melina has worked across industries and sectors, including automotive, defense, insurance, financial services and investment, and the pharmaceutical industry. She further advises on matters at the intersection of corporate governance and white collar issues, supporting corporate bodies on compliance, governance, and risk management topics.

Melina studied law at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where she passed her First State Examination in 2015 and at Sapienza University of Rome. After completing her Second State Examination at the Higher Regional Court of Munich in 2017, she pursued her doctoral research at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich while working at a renowned German law firm.

During her studies and her legal clerkship, she gained international experience at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in Vienna, the EU Delegation to the OECD in Paris, and an NGO combating corruption in Cape Town.

In 2021 she received her LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law as a Fulbright Scholar.

In addition to her native German, she speaks English and Italian.

Anna Searcey is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the International Trade and White Collar Defense and Investigations practice groups.

Anna advises clients on U.S. trade laws designed to accomplish a range of foreign policy, national security, and human rights goals, focusing her practice on compliance with economic sanctions, export controls (EAR and ITAR), and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Her experience includes conducting internal investigations and representing clients before numerous regulatory agencies (such as the Departments of Treasury, Commerce, State, Justice, and Homeland Security), including filing voluntary self-disclosures, responding to subpoenas, resolving enforcement matters, and securing licenses and approvals. She also advises clients regarding the development of their compliance and ethics programs and conducts trade-related risk assessments, including supply chain due diligence targeting forced labor risks. 

Anna maintains an active pro bono practice, including to help non-profits understand and navigate U.S. trade controls. She also has experience in immigration-related pro bono matters. Anna has assisted clients in connection with their asylum proceedings and applications for legal permanent residence, as well as representing families that were separated by the 2018 “Zero Tolerance” policy in pursuing Federal Tort Claims Act claims against the federal government.

She previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Paula Xinis of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. She received her law degree from the University of Virginia, where she served as the Notes Development Editor of the Virginia Law Review. Anna also participated in the Human Rights Study Project, interning in Myanmar (Burma) for a non-profit organization focused on promoting the rule of law. Prior to law school, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in International and Area Studies.

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

Speaking Engagements

• Panelist, “Understanding U.S. Economic Sanctions on Cuba,” Miami-Dade Bar Association’s Florida Law Con (Apr. 12, 2024)
• Invited Speaker, “Global Sanctions Relating to Burma: Current State and What’s Next,” Burmese American Community Institute (BACI), Indianapolis, Indiana (Feb. 9, 2024)
• Invited Speaker, “U.S. Sanctions on Burma: An Overview from a Legal, Political, and Human Rights Perspective,” Asian American Bar Association (APABA) – Indiana Chapter, Indianapolis, Indiana (Feb. 9, 2024)

Publications

• Sanctions considerations for non-governmental organisations, Global Investigations Review’s The Guide to Sanctions – Fifth Edition (June 2024)

Travis J. Gidado is an associate attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. His practice focuses on corporate transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate governance. Travis also maintains an active pro bono practice advising public policy advocates and nonprofit organizations.

Travis graduated from Yale University with a BA in Ethics, Politics and Economics before starting his career with Goldman, Sachs & Co. as a legal analyst. He has an MPhil in Public Policy from King’s College, Cambridge, and a Master of Law in China Studies from the Yenching Academy of Peking University, where he was a Yenching Scholar. Returning to the United States, Travis received his JD-MBA from the University of Chicago Law School and the Booth School of Business (with honors), earning the Ann Watson Barber Outstanding Service Award in recognition of his leadership.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Travis began practicing law at a global law firm, where he was a Private Equity Fellow and received pro bono honors.

Travis is an Associate Member of the Economic Club of New York, a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow of the US-Ireland Alliance. Travis was also named an inaugural Carnegie Ethics Fellow with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

Travis is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the State of California.

Vanessa is an associate in the Frankfurt office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations, International Trade and Litigation Practice Groups. 

Vanessa advises multinational companies across various industries, including the defense sector, on complex internal investigations and compliance matters. She focuses on risk assessment and mitigation in the areas of export controls and sanctions, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering, as well as ESG-related reporting. Her work frequently involves matters with U.S. touchpoints, including issues relating to U.S. export controls (ITAR / EAR), sanctions, and related trade compliance requirements. Vanessa regularly advises clients on navigating the intersection of EU and U.S. regulatory frameworks and has experience in designing, implementing and evaluating global compliance management systems, particularly in the areas of export control. Her practice also covers representing clients in commercial, civil and administrative proceedings in Germany as well as in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings.

Vanessa studied law at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Luxembourg with a special focus on private international law and international civil procedure law. After passing her First State Examination in 2017, she obtained her Master of Laws degree from Duke University School of Law in 2018 and her doctor’s degree from the University of Heidelberg in 2021.

Before completing her training for the Second State Examination at the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz in 2022, Vanessa was a research assistant and trainee in the Frankfurt and the Washington D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. She has been admitted as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwältin) since 2023.

In addition to her native German, Vanessa is fluent in English and speaks French.

She is a member of the German-American Lawyers Association (Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V.) and the German-French Lawyers Association (Deutsch-Französische Juristenvereinigung e.V.).

Poonam Kumar is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of its White Collar Defense & Investigations, Litigation, and Trial practice groups. She is a former federal prosecutor with significant trial experience and an extensive background in handling high-stakes criminal and civil matters across a broad range of practice areas. 

Poonam’s practice focuses on internal investigations, regulatory and criminal investigations, complex commercial litigation, and trials across a range of industries, including financial services, technology, media and entertainment, sports, telecommunications, energy, automotive, and healthcare. Most recently, Poonam was selected by her peers for inclusion in the 32nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America® (2026) for her expertise in Criminal Defense: White-Collar. She was also named by AmLaw Litigation Daily as one of their “Litigators of the Week” in a jury verdict win for Nike in its endorsement contract dispute with NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. In addition, she was recognized by The Daily Journal in its annual feature for “Top Verdicts in California” for 2023, with the publication naming Stitch Editing Ltd. v. TikTok Inc. et al. among its Top Defense Results.

Representative Matters Include:

• Representing Binance in U.S. agency matters, including investigations by and resolutions with DOJ, the CFTC, FinCEN, and OFAC.
• Representing a global telecommunications company in connection with FCPA investigation conducted by DOJ.
• Securing an across-the-board defense verdict for TikTok in $350 million trademark infringement trial.
• Securing an across-the-board defense verdict at trial for Nike in sponsorship dispute.
• Representing a healthcare company in civil litigation and arbitration proceedings involving breach of contract and fraud claims.
• Representing a biopharmaceutical company in DOJ investigation under the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act regarding speaker programs conducted nationwide.
• Representing Western Digital in cross-border transfer pricing matter brought by the IRS.

From 2014 to 2022, Poonam served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California where she investigated and prosecuted complex financial crimes, including corporate and securities fraud, embezzlement, healthcare fraud, bank fraud, import/export crimes, tax crimes, and money laundering. Poonam was a Deputy Chief of the Major Frauds section where she supervised a large team of federal fraud prosecutors. Representative matters from her time at the U.S. Attorney’s Office include the investigation and prosecution of a multinational scheme to inflate revenue of a company publicly traded on a foreign exchange and to evade nearly $2 billion in import duties as well as the conviction at trial of a South Korean official for laundering bribes he received in connection with his government position. For her work with the Department of Justice, Poonam received the United States Attorney General’s John Marshall Award for Outstanding Achievement and the Homeland Security Investigations’ highest investigative award.

Prior to joining DOJ, Poonam practiced for six years at Gibson Dunn in Los Angeles and at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York and clerked for the Honorable John Gleeson, United States District Judge, Eastern District of New York.

Poonam is an active member of the legal community and committed to pro bono work. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Survivor Justice Center and is Chairperson Emeritus of the ABA White Collar Crime Committee for Southern California. She previously served as counsel to the Citizens’ Commission on Jail Violence that investigated the inappropriate use of force in Los Angeles County jails. Poonam received the ACLU Community Service Pro Bono Award for her work with the Commission.

Poonam received her Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and History from Brown University, where she graduated magna cum laude. She received her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, where she graduated cum laude and where she served as a member of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform.
She is admitted to practice in the State of California, the State of New York, and before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Justin du Rivage is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department. His practice focuses on international trade and national security matters, including U.S. economic sanctions, the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Justin advises companies in the technology, financial services, and defense sectors on U.S. sanctions and export controls, including matters involving artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. His experience includes counseling clients on regulatory compliance and risk assessment, the design and enhancement of compliance programs, and licensing strategy. He also represents clients in connection with voluntary and directed disclosures as well as government investigations and enforcement matters.  

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Justin worked on behalf of corporate compliance monitors and advised financial institutions in EMEA and Asia on international sanctions compliance.

Justin received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2023, where he served as Senior Executive Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. He holds a Ph.D. in American history from Yale University. Justin is admitted to practice law in the State of California

Coauthored Publications:

• “U.S. Export Enforcement and Compliance in an Age of Geopolitical Competition,” Dow Jones Risk Journal (Sept. 11, 2025).
• “U.S. Sanctions,” International Comparative Legal Guides, Sanctions 2026 (2025).
• “Action Steps to Prepare for Ramped-Up Export Enforcement,” Law360 (May 14, 2024).

Orin Snyder is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading trial lawyers, litigators, and corporate advisors. A former federal prosecutor, Orin is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. The prestigious Chambers USA 2025 ranks him in Band 1 in New York for both General Commercial Litigation and Media & Entertainment Litigation, and in Band 1 Nationwide for Litigation: Trial Lawyers. Orin is co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s Trials Practice Group.

Awards and Recognition

Acclaimed by clients as “a maestro in the courtroom” and “The only person I would hire in a crisis,” Orin is known for being “strategic, brilliant and able to find a solution to any issue.” Orin is described as “absolutely the best – he’s an aggressive, highly motivated and incredibly effective courtroom litigator,” “ultra smart and highly focused,” “totally dedicated to winning,” with “exemplary trial skills” and a “strong voice at the table.” He is singled out for being “exceptional in high-stakes commercial litigation.” “His performance at trial is masterful.” In his Chambers USA Band 1 General Commercial Litigation ranking, clients have remarked: “He is just a very, very talented trial lawyer but also someone who is a great litigator and very strategic. He is the perfect storm.” “Orin is a superstar and one of the best trial lawyers in the country.” In his Band 1 Media & Entertainment Litigation ranking, clients have described him as “a heavyweight in the industry who makes things happen.” In his top Trial Lawyers ranking, clients note he “knows his way around commercial litigation and the courtroom” and have praised his “3-D, chess-playing leadership,” and his “aggressive and multifaceted approach” to trial.

Orin has been named a “Leading Lawyer” by The Legal 500 – United States, where corporate counsel state that “we always use him as chief litigator,” he is “great in court” and has “excellent technical skills.” Following his cross-examination in one high-profile trial, an article described Orin as “the deadliest trial lawyer in tech.” Forbes named Orin to its inaugural America’s Top 200 Lawyers 2024 list, a “collection of elite lawyers who have been involved in the most consequential recent cases, deals or legal trends.” Benchmark Litigation, the definitive guide to litigation firms and attorneys in the United States, recognizes him as a “Litigation Star”, as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America”, and a General Commercial Attorney of the Year for 2020. Orin was recognized by Law360 as a “Media & Entertainment MVP.” He was named by Lawdragon as one of the “100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors,” one of the “500 Leading Litigators in America,” one of the “500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports, and Media Lawyers,” one of the “500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management,” and honored in Lawdragon‘s 2024 Leading Global Litigators guide, highlighting “advisors…at the forefront resolving global disputes” with a “worldwide vision and reach.” He was selected by his peers as a “Lawyer of the Year” in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in the area of Entertainment Law (Music) and has been recognized since 2005 by The Best Lawyers in America®. He has also been recognized by Who’s Who Legal in its Commercial Litigation and Thought Leaders USA guides. The Daily Journal named him to its 2024 list of leading Commercial Litigators. For the third consecutive year, Billboard named him to its “Top Music Lawyers” list, which features “the best attorneys in the business” (2022-2024). The Hollywood Reporter consistently names him to its prestigious “Power Lawyers” list, and he was also named to Variety’s 2024, and prior, Legal Impact Reports, an annual list of the leading lawyers in the entertainment industry. At The National Law Journal’s annual awards ceremony, Orin was named a finalist in the 2022 Winning Litigators category, featuring attorneys who have “significant wins in a jury or bench trial,” including “prevailing when substantial damages were at stake, setting a legal precedent or overcoming an unfriendly jurisdiction.”

Fortune 100 companies, financial institutions, technology companies, pharmaceutical companies, media companies, and other enterprises hire Orin for their most important enterprise-shaping matters.

Representative Clients

Orin represents clients across virtually every industry sector, across numerous practice areas. Clients in the technology industry have included Meta (Facebook), Uber, OpenAI, Square, Polymarket, Bolt, Modern Health, Blink Health, Yahoo, Infor, Archer Aviation, Gro Intelligence and Hyperloop One Technologies. Media and entertainment clients have included Time Warner, NBC Universal, Sony, AMC Networks, Warner Music Group, Cablevision, DISH Network, Rocket Music Entertainment Group, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Home Box Office, and Cable News Network. Additional notable work has involved matters for clients such as MacAndrews & Forbes, Goldman Sachs, Aetna, Freddie Mac, Perella Weinberg, Chobani, PepsiCo, Starbucks, Capital One, and DraftKings.

Orin has represented well-known individuals in significant matters, including Julie Andrews, Marc Anthony, Mariah Carey, Gary Cohn, Anderson Cooper, Cindy Crawford, Jack Dorsey, Bob Dylan, Nancy Grace, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, LeBron James, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Led Zeppelin, David Letterman, Jennifer Lopez, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, The Rolling Stones, Jerry Seinfeld, Jessica Seinfeld, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Hamdi Ulukaya, Barbara Walters, Montel Williams and Mark Zuckerberg.

Orin has represented numerous nonprofit institutions, such as The Clinton Foundation, the American Red Cross, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Intrepid Air and Space Museum, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Larson Foundation and The Museum of the American Indian.

Technology Industry Experience

Orin is one of the go-to lawyers for Silicon Valley and other technology companies, representing clients in some of today’s most high-profile cases. Orin has represented major clients like Facebook and Uber in significant legal matters for over two decades, including regulatory issues and antitrust cases for Rubicon Global, as well as trade secret disputes for companies like Blink Health and Machine Zone, while also handling prominent founders and board disputes in the tech industry for firms such as OpenAI, Square, and Hyperloop One.

Media and Entertainment Experience

Orin also represents both digital and traditional media and entertainment clients, which often seek him out for their bet-the-company cases. He serves as lead counsel for AMC Networks Inc. in the largest profit participation cases in cable television history related to “The Walking Dead.” He secured a significant settlement for VOOM HD Holdings against DISH Network, valued at over $1 billion, during a multibillion-dollar breach of contract trial. Additionally, he achieved a rare preliminary injunction for NBC Universal, preventing the relocation of “Project Runway” to Lifetime, and litigated important copyright and trademark cases for Home Box Office. Orin also represents MGM Studios in a lawsuit by A&E and provides legal support to prominent individuals, including Bob Dylan, Jerry Seinfeld, and Lady Gaga, in various litigation matters.

General Commercial Litigation

Orin’s broad trial lawyer practice has encompassed a wide range of other high-profile commercial matters. He successfully represented the Chobani founder in a multibillion-dollar ownership lawsuit and secured an appellate win in a contract dispute with his former wife. He also secured dismissal of a case for Starbucks involving Carly Simon over her album’s sales, obtained a settlement for Capital One against a former CEO for breaching a restrictive covenant, and led complex litigation for Perella Weinberg regarding trade secret misappropriation. Additionally, he won a key victory for Churchill Downs against Bob Baffert, represented Esperion Therapeutics in a $300 million milestone payment dispute over a cardiovascular drug, represented Curative and its CEO in the favorable resolution of civil litigation and arbitration proceedings involving breach of contract and fraud claims, and secured order dramatically narrowing trade secret and inventorship lawsuit against Guardant Health and its founders, and ultimately secured favorable settlement.

New York Attorney General Experience

Orin’s practice extends to high-stakes matters involving the New York Attorney General. He has successfully negotiated several landmark settlements, including a model compliance agreement for Facebook on Internet safety, an industry-changing deal for Warner Music Group in record promotion, and new standards for the home mortgage industry with Freddie Mac.

Investigations Experience

In addition to his very public litigation work, Orin provides counsel to corporations and senior executives on sensitive regulatory and investigative matters, including criminal investigations and public relations strategies. His extensive experience includes handling internal investigations related to insider trading, fraud, tax evasion, and workplace misconduct.

Advisory Experience

Orin often acts as an advisor to the CEOs of large pubic and private companies, boards of directors, founders and fund owners . Companies select Orin to quarterback external regulatory, legislative, and communication strategies and help drive their business objectives.

Pro Bono Experience

Orin is deeply committed to pro bono work and is engaged in cases ranging from racial justice and criminal justice reform, to defending the First Amendment, and advocating for the rights of individuals impacted by discriminatory policies. Orin has been an advocate against police brutality, successfully leading a team to secure a historic federal jury verdict for Deon Jones, a victim of LAPD violence during the 2020 protests following George Floyd’s murder. Additionally, Orin recently led a team in filing an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, arguing against the Mississippi law that could overturn Roe v. Wade and threaten women’s rights to make personal decisions about their bodies.

Boards Affiliations and Prior Professional Experience

Orin is active in the community and in public affairs. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the David Lynch Foundation, and a member of Tent Partnership for Refugees’ Board of Directors.Before joining Gibson Dunn, Orin was a name partner at Parcher, Hayes & Snyder, a prominent litigation boutique firm. He also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted organized crime and white collar crime cases and served as Chief of the Narcotics Unit. As a federal prosecutor, Orin handled one of the largest pension fund fraud prosecutions ever brought by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Education

Orin earned his Juris Doctor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with high honors.

Debra Wong Yang is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office. Reflective of her broad practice and comprehensive abilities, Ms. Yang is Chair of the Crisis Management Practice Group, former Chair of the White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group, which includes the FCPA Practice Group, and former Chair of the Information Technology and Data Privacy Practice Group. She is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

Drawing on her depth of experience and record of success, Ms. Yang focuses part of her practice on strategic counseling. She leads critical representations, both high profile and highly confidential, involving a wide variety of industries, economic sectors, regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies, global jurisdictions and all types of proceedings. Her clients are in the private and public sectors. She guides teams of attorneys and outside consultants in the development and implementation of strategies to achieve the most favorable outcomes, greatest protection of reputational interests, and minimizing of harm to the business assets.

Ms. Yang has a strong background in addressing and resolving problems across the white collar litigation spectrum, including through corporate and individual representations, internal investigations, crisis management and compliance.

The Los Angeles Business Journal has named her as one of the Top 500 most influential people in Los Angeles every year since 2016. In 2015, Ms. Yang was recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the 27 “stellar attorneys” on the Most Influential Lawyers: White Collar and Cyber Crime list. In 2017, the Los Angeles Business Journal also named her to its list of Most Influential Women Lawyers in Los Angeles, featuring 50 of the most accomplished female attorneys working in the region, and in 2018, they named her among its Most Influential Minority Lawyers in Los Angeles. Lawdragon has recognized Ms. Yang as a “Lawdragon Legend,” one of the Top 500 lawyers in the United States, and a member of its inaugural 500 Leading Litigators in America from 2024-2026 and 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management from 2025-2026. Ms. Yang has been called out for her capabilities in overseeing investigations – Global Investigations Review has named her to its inaugural Women in Investigations list (2015), where they highlight 100 high-powered women in the profession from around the world. Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) included her in the 2018 Who’s Who Legal Investigations guide as a top practitioner, and has regularly recognized Ms. Yang in the field of Business Crime Defense. She was recognized from 2020 – 2025 as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA in California for Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, an award she has received since 2009. Ms. Yang has also been nationally recognized in the 2025 edition of the Legal 500 US for her work in Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense. Additionally, Ms. Yang has also been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Criminal Defense: White Collar. The National Law Journal named her to its Outstanding Women Lawyers list (May 4, 2015). The Daily Journal has named her to its list of California’s Top 100 lawyers over the past several years, including most recently in 2020, highlighting her role in defending companies in investigations and crises that make headlines and are highly confidential in nature. The Daily Journal has also repeatedly named Ms. Yang to its annual list of 100 Leading Women Lawyers in California. Benchmark Litigation and Managing IP regularly name her a “Star.”

Ms. Yang has been recognized for her compliance-related accomplishments. In 2013, Ethisphere Magazine recognized her as one of the “Top Guns” in the “Attorneys Who Matter” category, one of the highest categories possible. Ethisphere Magazine is a publication of The Ethisphere Institute, which promotes best practices in corporate ethics and compliance.

Ms. Yang has long represented companies, boards, and audit and other board committees in internal investigations, compliance-related issues, and criminal investigations regarding the FCPA, health care laws, financial controls, trade secrets, and cyber/data intrusions, among multiple other areas. She serves as Special Counsel to a corporate compliance committee. She is experienced in overseeing teams of lawyers conducting internal investigations and has frequently reviewed and revamped compliance programs in a variety of industries. She has managed cases in the crisis arena relating to corporate governance, entertainment, gaming, recalled products, health care and insurance. She was twice appointed as a corporate compliance monitor on health care matters, once by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and once by the New York State Supreme Court at the request of the New York Attorney General’s Office. She authored the article “FCPA Program Continues to Focus on Individuals” along with Michael Wong published in The Daily Journal in April 2016.

Ms. Yang launched Gibson Dunn’s Information Technology and Data Privacy Practice Group, which focuses on a field in which she has maintained particular interest and proficiency since prosecuting one of the first computer hacking cases as a young Assistant U.S. Attorney. Ms. Yang was selected to serve on President George W. Bush’s Corporate Fraud Task Force and to chair the Attorney General’s Advisory Committees on Intellectual Property and Civil Rights. She was appointed by the Attorney General to sit on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee and on the Intellectual Property Task Force. Among the numerous articles Ms. Yang has written is “Countering the Cyber-Crime Threat,” co-written with Brian M. Hoffstadt and published in the Spring 2006 edition of American Criminal Law Review.

Ms. Yang was appointed U.S. Attorney in May 2002 by President George W. Bush, becoming the first Asian-American woman to serve in that capacity. Prior to this service, Ms. Yang was a California state judge. She was appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court in 1997, serving for a time as a Supervising Judge, and became a member of the Los Angeles Superior Court bench in 2000. She was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for seven years prior to her judicial career, a role in which she prosecuted violent crimes, white collar crimes, arson and computer crimes at the trial and appellate levels. She has served on the Ninth Circuit Jury Reform Committee.

Ms. Yang has remained active in the local and legal communities, roles for which she has been frequently honored. In 2009, she was selected by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to serve as a Los Angeles Police Commissioner, part of the civilian oversight committee of the LA Police Department. Ms. Yang has been an adjunct professor at the USC School of Law and has instructed at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and at California’s Judicial College. She is a former president and board member of The Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles. She is on the Executive Committee of the prestigious Committee of 100.

In 2012, the Anti-Defamation League presented Ms. Yang with its prestigious Deborah Award, which honors “extraordinary women of achievement.” The award was given in recognition for her “professional and philanthropic dedication to the Los Angeles community.” In 2010, she was named by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Federalist Society as Lawyer of the Year. She previously served as a founding member and officer of many Asian-American bar organizations in Chicago and Los Angeles. Ms. Yang was recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America in 2008. She has been recognized as a champion of civil rights by both the Los Angeles City Council in 2002 and the Inglewood Superior Court. The Asian Pacific Bar Association selected her as the 2002 recipient of its Public Service Award and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association selected her as the 2003 recipient of the Trailblazers Award. In 2004, she was appointed to the President’s Council for Pitzer College of the Claremont Colleges and was given the inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award.

Ms. Yang received her Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School and was a law clerk to the Honorable Ronald S.W. Lew in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Representative Crisis Management Matters

• Overseeing the response for an online company in challenges from federal, state and regulatory entities over the legality of the product. Presided over teams focused on legal challenges in a number of states, coordinating the public response and message, working closely with management and counsel in crafting strategies and defenses.
• Part of the ride-sharing trial team in high profile matter over whether drivers were independent contractors or employees.
• Representing an independent oil refiner in criminal matters arising from a multiple-fatality industrial accident. Counseled in connection with a criminal investigation into the incident by the EPA Criminal Investigation Division and the WDWA U.S. Attorney’s Office resulting in no charges affecting the company or any individuals.
• Represented manufacturer in electronic device industry in high profile litigation and interfacing with government authorities.

Jonathan C. Bond is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and its Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Groups.

Mr. Bond’s practice focuses on appellate litigation in the Supreme Court of the United States and in federal and state appellate courts across the country. He has presented oral argument in the Supreme Court in 10 cases involving a range of legal issues—including healthcare and insurance, patents, taxation, administrative law, employment, and debt collection—and he has briefed more than 200 cases in the Supreme Court, including 26 cases at the merits stage. In other federal and state appellate courts, Mr. Bond has briefed more than 30 cases and has presented argument in appeals involving federal preemption, employee benefits, and telecommunications.

Mr. Bond rejoined the firm in 2022 after serving for more than five years as an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the United States Department of Justice. During his tenure in government, Mr. Bond represented the United States and its agencies in the Supreme Court in cases spanning a diverse array of subject areas, from international arbitration and intellectual property, to national security and the nondelegation doctrine, to taxation, trade regulation, and telecommunications. He also provided strategic advice to the Solicitor General, other Department of Justice officials and components, and various federal agencies.

Representative Supreme Court cases in which Mr. Bond presented oral argument include:

• Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation (2022) (methodology for determining disproportionate-share-hospital adjustments to Medicare provider payments)
• CIC Services, LLC v. IRS (2021) (applicability of Anti-Injunction Act to bar suits challenging tax reporting requirements)
• Fort Bend County v. Davis (2019) (nonjurisdictional character of Title VII’s charge-filing requirement)
• Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP (2019) (applicability of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to nonjudicial foreclosures)
• SAS Institute, Inc. v. Iancu (2018) (scope of Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions in inter partes review proceedings challenging existing patents)

Other representative Supreme Court cases include:

• ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. and AlixPartners LLP v. Fund for Protection of Investors’ Rights in Foreign States (2022) (availability of discovery assistance under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 for use in private commercial and investor-state arbitrations abroad)
• R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. EEOC (2020) (applicability of Title VII to discrimination based on transgender status)
• Maine Community Health Options v. United States (2020) (government’s obligation to pay health-insurer subsidies in excess of appropriated funds)
• Gundy v. United States (2019) (nondelegation challenge to federal sex-offender-registration statute)
• National Institute of Family & Life Advocates v. Becerra (2018) (First Amendment challenge to state-law disclosure requirements for certain professionals)
• Trump v. Hawaii (2018) (presidential authority to suspend entry of classes of aliens based on national-security concerns)
• Bank Markazi v. Peterson (2016) (constitutionality of federal statute enabling victims of state-sponsored terrorism holding to execute judgments against assets of Iran)
• Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust (2016) (preemption of Puerto Rico’s municipal-bankruptcy legislation)
• NLRB v. Noel Canning (2014) (validity of recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board)
• Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. (2014) (standard for indefiniteness of patent claims)

Mr. Bond served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States and to Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He graduated with highest honors from the George Washington University Law School, where he received the John Bell Larner Award for the highest cumulative grade point average, served as Senior Articles Editor of the George Washington Law Review, and with his teammate won the Jacob Burns Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition. Mr. Bond earned a master’s degree with Distinction from University College London, where he studied as a Fulbright scholar and was awarded the Best Dissertation and Student of the Year prizes. He received his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, in political science from Grove City College.

Mr. Bond is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland. He is a member of the bars of the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, and District of Columbia Circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Eugene Scalia is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He founded and Co-Chairs the firm’s Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group, and was long-time Co-Chair of its Labor and Employment Practice Group. He is a senior member of the Financial Institutions Practice Group.  He served for many years on the Firm’s Executive Committee.

In addition to his time at Gibson Dunn, Mr. Scalia has extensive experience in government, having served in the President’s Cabinet as U.S. Secretary of Labor; as Solicitor—general counsel—of the Department of Labor; and as a special assistant to the Attorney General. He has worked with governors, senators and congressmen, fellow cabinet members, and executives of leading American companies.

Mr. Scalia has a nationally-prominent practice in two areas: Labor and employment law, and advice and litigation regarding the obligations of federal administrative agencies. He also has extensive appellate experience. His success challenging government overreach has been widely covered in the national media, including in profiles in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Bloomberg. Agency actions he has challenged include the Federal Trade Commission’s nationwide ban on non-compete agreements; the SEC’s “proxy access” rule and “private fund adviser” rule; the CFTC’s “position limits’” rule; MetLife’s designation as “too big to fail” by the Financial Services Oversight Council; and the Labor Department’s “fiduciary” rule. He has successfully sued the SEC ten times over its regulatory actions.

As Labor Secretary from 2019 to 2021, Mr. Scalia engaged at the highest level with national employment policy and matters affecting the financial services industry and international trade. He also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and as a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Laws administered by the Labor Department include the workplace safety requirements of OSHA, federal minimum wage and overtime protections, the anti- discrimination requirements applicable to federal contractors, and ERISA’s protection of the more than $11 trillion held in employee retirement plans and health plans.

Mr. Scalia served as Solicitor of Labor from 2002 to 2003, with responsibility for all Labor Department litigation and legal advice on rulemakings and administrative law. He is the only person to have served as both Solicitor and Secretary of Labor. From 1992 to 1993 he served at the U.S. Department of Justice as a Special Assistant to Attorney General William P. Barr.

In private practice, Mr. Scalia has represented employers in high- profile matters under the National Labor Relations Act and in class actions and collective actions under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, ERISA, and federal and state wage hour laws. He has handled employment cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, federal and state appellate and district courts, and in numerous arbitrations. He has been a leading authority on “whistleblower” investigations and litigation since enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Mr. Scalia also counsels employers on reductions-in-force and harassment and discrimination investigations, and is author of widely-cited law review article on sexual harassment law. He has provided pro bono representation to workers in discrimination matters, wrongful separation disputes, and other matters.

Mr. Scalia is a Senior Fellow of the Administrative Conference of the United States, a federal agency that makes recommendations to Congress and the Executive Branch on ways to improve the administrative process. Among other accolades, he has been named an “Employment MVP,” a “Securities MVP,” and an “Appellate MVP” by Law360, and for nearly two decades, he has been ranked a “Band 1” Labor and Employment lawyer in Washington, D.C. by Chambers. Mr. Scalia and his regulatory practice have been profiled in numerous articles, bearing such titles as “Suing the Government? Call Scalia!,” and “Eugene Scalia Leads Business’ Push Against Agency Rulemaking.” The National Law Journal recognized Mr. Scalia as a “Visionary” for his litigation against regulatory agencies, and the Nation magazine has called him a “fearsome litigator.” He has taught law as an adjunct professor at the University of Chicago and University of Virginia.

Mr. Scalia graduated cum laude from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. He graduated With Distinction from the University of Virginia and was a speechwriter for Education Secretary William J. Bennett before attending law school. Mr. Scalia and his wife Trish have seven children.

 

Stephen Hammer is a senior associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn.  He is a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Groups.

Mr. Hammer specializes in litigating high-stakes appeals and critical motions in federal and state courts across a wide range of subject-matter areas.  During October Term 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court appointed Mr. Hammer to brief and argue a significant immigration case and adopted his argument on a key question regarding the timing of judicial review following certain expedited removal orders.  Riley v. Bondi, 606 U.S. 259 (2025).  Mr. Hammer has also presented argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Fifth Texas Court of Appeals.  He maintains an active pro bono practice, with a focus on religious liberty issues and crime victims’ rights, and serves as a vice president of the Dallas Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society.  He is a contributing lawyer-editor for the twelfth edition of Black’s Law Dictionary.

Recent Representative Matters:

• Won unanimous Supreme Court decision holding that an insurer with financial responsibility for bankruptcy claims is a party in interest with a right to be heard in reorganization proceedings; team named Law360 Legal Lions of the Week.  Truck Ins. Exch. v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., 602 U.S. 268 (2024).
• Persuaded the Fifth Circuit to vacate in full the SEC’s Private Fund Advisers Rule, which would have fundamentally changed the way private funds and their advisers are regulated and cost $5.4 billion and millions of hours of employee time; team named Law360 Legal Lions of the Week and runner-up for AmLaw Litigation Daily’s Litigator of the Week.  Nat’l Ass’n of Private Fund Managers v. SEC, 103 F.4th 1097 (5th Cir. 2024).
• Convinced the First Texas Court of Appeals to grant five mandamus petitions directing trial court to dismiss billions of dollars in tort claims against power generation companies in multidistrict litigation arising out of the 2021 Texas winter storm.  In re Luminant Generation Co., No. 01-23-00097-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.]).
• Persuaded the Fifth Circuit to reverse order holding the head of a major state agency in contempt and imposing $100,000 in daily fines and to reassign the case in long-running institutional-reform litigation; team received shout-out from AmLaw Litigation Daily’s Litigator of the Week.  M.D. ex rel. Stukenberg v. Abbott, 119 F.4th 373 (5th Cir. 2024).
• Successfully defended AT&T from emergency challenge to multibillion-dollar 5G wireless deployment brought by airline industry on eve of rollout.  In re Expanding Flexible Use in the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band, No. 18-122 (FCC).
• Persuaded Virginia trial court to grant summary judgment to Trinity Industries on $1.2 billion in claims under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, Commonwealth ex rel. Harman v. Trinity Indus., Inc., No. CL13-698 (Vir. Cir. Ct.); won unanimous affirmance of dismissal of action against Trinity Industries under the Tennessee False Claims Act from the Tennessee Court of Appeals, State ex rel. Harman v. Trinity Indus., Inc., No. M2022-00167-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App.); won unanimous affirmance of order denying motion to amend complaint against Trinity Industries under New Jersey False Claims Act from the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, State ex rel. Harman v. Trinity Indus., Inc., No. A-3788-21 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.).
• Won unanimous affirmance of summary judgment for State Farm from the Ninth Circuit in closely watched insurance case involving water intrusion damage to condominiums in Pacific Northwest.  Gold Creek Condo.-Phase I Ass’n of Apartment Owners v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., No. 22-35606 (9th Cir.).
• Preserved appellate reversal of half-billion-dollar jury verdict in trade-secrets case by persuading the Texas Supreme Court to deny review after calling for full merits briefing.  HouseCanary Analytics, Inc. v. Title Source, Inc., No. 20-0683 (Tex.).
• Persuaded the Fifth Circuit to render judgment upholding the constitutionality of Texas Justice of the Peace’s practice of allowing volunteer chaplains to perform invocations before court proceedings.  Freedom from Religion Found., Inc. v. Mack, 49 F.4th 941 (5th Cir. 2022).
• Presented argument on behalf of criminal defendant in appeal involving application of the plain hearing doctrine under the Wiretap Act.  United States v. Carey, 18-50393 (9th Cir.).

Before joining the firm, Mr. Hammer served as a law clerk to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Gregory G. Katsas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Mr. Hammer graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as a managing editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.  Before law school, Mr. Hammer served as an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army.  His military decorations include the Bronze Star.  Mr. Hammer received an M.Phil. in theology from the University of Oxford, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship.  He received an A.B. summa cum laude in classics from Princeton University and graduated as Latin salutatorian.

Mr. Hammer is a member of the Texas and District of Columbia bars.  He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, D.C., and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Western Districts of Texas.

Henry Cornillie is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn where he is a member of the Litigation Department. His practice focuses on antitrust, intellectual property, and commercial litigation, class actions, and government investigations.

Representative Matters:*

• Represented a leading technology company in a high-profile trial of antitrust and unfair competition claims brought by a video game and software developer.
• Represented a leading technology company in an unfair competition class action relating to the functionality of video conferencing software.
• Represented a leading technology company in an antitrust action brought by a developer of software for jailbroken mobile devices.
• Represented a leading technology company in a trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract dispute involving wireless communications technologies.
• Represented a leading technology company in a trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and breach of loyalty dispute with a former semiconductor executive.
• Represented a prominent genomics company in patent and false advertising litigation relating to next-generation sequencing technologies.
• Represented an information technology contractor and its principals in an anti-kickback investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as in related civil litigation.
• Represented a global chemical manufacturer in a high-exposure commercial arbitration arising from a long-term supply agreement.
• Represented a large financial institution in a U.S. Department of Justice investigation relating to the origination of residential mortgages.
• Represented a prestigious university in a putative class action alleging breach of fiduciary duty in the administration of the university’s employee investment plans.

Henry has also represented pro bono clients in civil rights and fair housing litigation, and has won asylum for a refugee in a contested removal proceeding.

Henry has seconded with the commercial litigation department of a leading technology company and has worked as a Deputy Attorney General in the Antitrust Law Section of the California Attorney General’s Office. He received his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. During his time there, he was a Supervising Editor and Publishing Editor of the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law and served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Goodwin H. Liu of the Supreme Court of California. Henry received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he was a Chick Evans Scholar.

Henry is admitted to practice law in the State of California, the State of Illinois, and before various federal courts.

*Includes matters Henry handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn

Lucia Lopez is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Lucia received her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley in 2025. While in law school, she interned for the California Attorney General’s Office – Antitrust Law Section and was a member of the Berkeley Real Estate Club.

Lucia graduated with honors from Stanford University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in History and Spanish Literature and a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies.

Lucia is admitted to practice in the State of California.