Hannah is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Corporate Department.

Hannah earned her Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 2023. While in law school, she was a recipient of the Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Performance for her work in the Stanford Organizations & Transactions Clinic. She also served as Managing Editor of the Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance, Co-President of the Native American Law Students Association, Vice President of the Asian and Pacific Islander Law Students Association, and Financial Officer of the Women of Color Collective. 

Prior to law school, Hannah received her Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and English with a Creative Writing concentration from Fordham University in 2020. She graduated summa cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Hannah is admitted to practice in the state of California.

Chad Kang is a corporate associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, investment funds, and general corporate matters.

Chad earned his Juris Doctor from the J. Reuben Clark Law School in 2023, where he graduated magna cum laude. He received his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University, where he graduated with a major in English.

Chad is admitted to practice in California.

Janice Yingzhuang Jiang is an associate attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Janice earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. During law school, Janice was a quarterfinalist in the law school’s annual moot court competition, the Edwin R. Keedy Cup, and served as a board member on the Moot Court Board. She was a teaching assistant for Appellate Advocacy with Professor and AUSA Robert A. Zauzmer and for Constitutional Law with Professor Kermit Roosevelt III. She was a research assistant to Professor Roosevelt, Professor Karen Tani, and now-Dean Sophia Z. Lee. Janice served as the Research Editor on the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law and published her article, Duty to Contract: Free Labor Ideology and Contractual Freedom in the Postbellum South, 1865-1867 (2023), in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law Online. She earned her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Mount Holyoke College as a double major in History and International Relations.

Janice is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia. She is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.

Elizabeth Penava is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Elizabeth earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where served on the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and The Regulatory Review. Elizabeth also served as a Littleton Fellow for the Legal Practice Skills program. Elizabeth earned Bachelor’s degrees, summa cum laude, in Political Science in Spanish from the University of Kentucky in 2017. Prior to law school, she taught English in the Spanish Basque Country before directing volunteers at a civic engagement nonprofit.

Elizabeth is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.

John Ito is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

John earned his law degree cum laude in 2023 from the University of Michigan Law School.  During law school, he was a Student Attorney for the Human Trafficking Clinic. John graduated magna cum laude from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.

John is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Molly Teague is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Molly graduated with first honors from Vanderbilt University Law School, where she received the Founder’s Medal for her scholastic achievement. She also received scholastic excellence awards for earning the highest grades in Property, Contracts, American Legal History, and Constitutional Law II – Individual Rights. Molly served as Senior Managing Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review, where she published a note on conservation easements for which she received the Myron Penn Laughlin Note Award. She was also elected to the Order of the Coif. In 2016, Molly graduated magna cum laude from Davidson College with a bachelor’s degree in History and a minor in French.

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

Jason C. Lo is a partner resident in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he practices litigation with a specialty in intellectual property law, with a focus on patent and trade secrets litigation, as well as antitrust and competition law. He has successfully represented leading companies in various industries, including the video game, semiconductor, military defense, and pharmaceutical industries. He has litigated high-stakes patent infringement cases in courts throughout the United States, as well as the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Recognized as a leading intellectual property lawyer, Jason is consistently recognized by IAM Patent as one of the “world’s leading patent professionals.” He was also named by Daily Journal as one of its 2020 Top Intellectual Property Lawyers. In addition, the Los Angeles Business Journal named Jason to its 2017 list of Most Influential IP Attorneys, and the 2012 list of Who’s Who in Intellectual Property Law for his work representing clients in the video game, technology, and semiconductor industries in intellectual property litigation.

Jason also has represented clients in high stakes antitrust litigation. In separate cases, Mr. Lo helped his clients defeat a preliminary injunction motion seeking billions of dollars in royalties pending trial, helped his client defeat with prejudice at the pleadings stage claims under the UCL as well as Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act, and helped his client defeat antitrust claims of monopolization and restraint of trade after a bench trial.

Jason graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2001. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and a Minor in Accounting from UCLA in 1998. Prior to joining the firm, Jason served as a law clerk to The Honorable Mariana R. Pfaelzer in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Since 2015, Jason has served as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, teaching courses in patent litigation and intellectual property litigation.

Some of Jason’s recent achievements and representations include:

• Represented Netlist in a breach of contract dispute against Samsung Electronics, Inc. Obtained summary judgment on behalf of Netlist that Samsung had materially breached its contract obligations, and that Netlist properly terminated the contract, leaving Samsung unlicensed to Netlist’s valuable patents. Also obtained Rule 37 sanctions against Samsung after prevailing on the merits. (Netlist v. Samsung);

• Represented SoundCloud in a trade secrets dispute relating to digital music services for DJs, in which SoundCloud obtained a dismissal with prejudice of all of asserted claims (Beatport v. SoundCloud);

• Represented four Taiwan-based consumer electronics device manufacturers (Foxconn, Pegatron, Compal, and Wistron) in multi-billion dollar action asserting antitrust, breach of contract, FRAND, and patent claims against wireless technology licensor, in which the manufacturers defeated a motion for preliminary injunction seeking to force them to pay billions of dollars in royalties under patent license agreements being challenged as anticompetitive and violating FRAND (In re Qualcomm Litigation);

• Represented Fitbit in dispute against Jawbone spanning multiple federal district court cases and an International Trade Commission trade secrets and patent investigation, regarding technologies used to monitor activity and heart rate in activity trackers (Jawbone v. Fitbit);

• Represented Huy Fong Foods (makers of the famous Sriracha chili sauce) in its dispute with the City of Irwindale (City of Irwindale, et al. v. Huy Fong Foods, Inc.);

• Represented VIZIO in multi-patent infringement action in D. Delaware relating to LED edge-lit display technology (Delaware Display Group LLC et al v. VIZIO, Inc.);

• Represented Glenair in patent infringement action relating to connectors used in aerospace applications (Radiall S.A. et al v. Glenair, Inc.);

• Represented Discovery Communications in various intellectual property matters, including a patent litigation with Personal Audio, which ultimately resulted in a dismissal of the case by Personal Audio (Personal Audio, LLC v. Howstuffworks.com);

• Represented a large steel producer in U.S. patent and Lanham Act claims as part of multi-jurisdictional litigation resulting in a $250 million settlement in client’s favor (Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal v. POSCO);

• Defended Amazon.com in multi-patent infringement action in D. Delaware relating to technology in Amazon’s best-selling Kindle E-reader products (Adrea, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc.);

• Defended Viacom in multi-patent infringement action in E.D. Texas relating to technology in critically acclaimed Rock Band video games (Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. v. Viacom, Inc., MTV Networks, and Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.);

• Represented Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon in patent litigation against Inamed pertaining to bariatric surgical devices and methods (Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon v. Inamed Corporation);

• Represented a provider of advanced armoring solutions in a theft of trade secrets case involving armor packages for military vehicles (ADSI v. Southern California Gold Products, et al.);

• In a patent damages trial, helped persuade a jury to award only $446,000 when the plaintiff had been seeking damages in excess of $11 million (Juicy Whip v. Orange Bang);

• Defended an overseas company accused by British Petroleum of trade secret misappropriation relating to the manufacture of equipment for an acetic acid plant in China. The defense team defeated BP’s motion for preliminary injunction in federal court in Los Angeles on jurisdictional grounds, and then defeated BP’s subsequent emergency stay motion in the Ninth Circuit. After BP re-filed the case and sought an immediate TRO, the team obtained yet another dismissal, allowing the client to ship key equipment (BP v. Yankuang Group);

Jason is a member of the California Bar. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and a proficient speaker of Cantonese.

Amanda H. Neely is of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the Public Policy, Congressional Investigations, White Collar, and National Security practice groups.

Ms. Neely has extensive experience working on Capitol Hill.  She leverages that expertise to advise clients regarding their interactions with Congress and the executive branch.  Over the course of ten years, Ms. Neely held several senior staff positions in Congress.  She served as Director of Governmental Affairs for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and General Counsel to Senator Rob Portman.  Under Senator Portman’s chairmanship, she also served as Deputy Chief Counsel for the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. In those roles, she managed Senator Portman’s regulatory reform agenda and led oversight of federal government agencies and investigations into private entities. She previously served in several other Capitol Hill offices including as Oversight Counsel for the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means.

Congressional Investigations:  At Gibson Dunn, Ms. Neely has represented clients undergoing investigations by numerous congressional committees, including the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Senate Finance Committee; Senate Judiciary Committee; Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; House Committee on Oversight and Accountability; House Judiciary Committee; and the House Energy and Commerce Committee.  In the course of those representations, Ms. Neely assists clients in all stages of investigations, including responding to letter requests and subpoenas to preparing witnesses for interviews, depositions, and congressional hearings.  She also has assisted clients appearing before independent commissions such as the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and the Commission on Wartime Contracting.

Public Policy:  Ms. Neely also works with clients to advance their legislative interests on Capitol Hill by gathering intelligence, formulating strategic plans, and executing lobbying campaigns.  In those matters, she has represented a wide range of clients from the fields of technology, healthcare, finance, and energy.

Regulatory Counseling:  Ms. Neely regularly advises clients regarding their interests before regulatory agencies.  Her expertise in the CHIPS and Science Act allows her to help clients comply with the Department of Commerce’s regulations and assist them in commenting on agency rules and applying for funding.  She also works with clients to engage in the rulemaking process at agencies ranging from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Ms. Neely also has participated in a variety of litigation matters before state and federal trial and appellate courts, including several class action defense and False Claims Act cases.

Ms. Neely clerked for the Honorable David B. Sentelle, then-Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She earned her law degree cum laude from Duke University School of Law, where she served as the Articles Editor for both the Alaska Law Review and the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy.  She was a member of the Duke Law Moot Court Board and served on the executive board of the Duke Law Federalist Society.

Ms. Neely graduated cum laude from Princeton University, where she majored in English and earned a certificate in Medieval Studies. She served for two years on United States Senator Elizabeth Dole’s staff as a legislative correspondent, focusing on banking, housing, budget, and tax issues.  Ms. Neely is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and before the United States Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Sanjay Nevrekar is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP where he practices in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Sanjay earned his Juris Doctor in 2021 from the Ohio State University. He received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics from Miami University in 2016.

Sanjay’s recent patent litigation experience includes:

• Defending an American multinational finance company in patent litigation over its cybersecurity software 
• Defending a manufacturer of networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment in patent litigation brought by an Atlantic IP entity over its network switches
• Representing an American consumer goods company in its claim for patent infringement against a foreign competitor

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Sanjay was an IP Litigation associate at a multinational law firm.

Sanjay is a member of the bar in the State of New York and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Kayoko Fong is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group.

Kayoko received her Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 2023. While at Emory Law, she was a member of the drafting team for the 2022 Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Health from Emory University, summa cum laude, in 2019. Kayoko is admitted to practice in Texas.

Kevin Liang is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group.

His practice focuses on restructuring, bankruptcy, and insolvency matters, including debt exchanges, distressed investments, acquisitions and financings, and other in‐court and out‐of-court transactions.

Kevin served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Kevin Gross for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. He also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Martin R. Barash for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

He received his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 2018 and his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of California, Irvine in 2015.

Kevin is admitted to practice in the States of New York and California and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York.

Hannah Corning is an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Dallas office and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department.

Hannah’s experience includes defending two global companies against multi-billion dollar State Attorney General actions, defeating class certification in a series of actions on behalf of a global pharmaceutical company, and representing telecommunications and technology companies in a variety of litigation matters.

Hannah received her law degree from New York University School of Law. While in law school, she served as the Managing Editor of Production on the Annual Survey of American Law. Hannah graduated summa cum laude from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Arts and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Hannah is admitted to practice in Texas and New York and before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Jennifer Coales is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher.

Jennifer earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law in 2021 where she served as a Notes and Articles Editor on the Urban Law Journal and was a Ruth Whitehead Whaley Scholar. Jennifer earned her Bachelor of Arts in History, magna cum laude, from George Mason University.

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

Aaron is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2023, where he was Lead Editor of the Stanford Technology Law Review. While in law school, Aaron served as a student attorney in the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic.

Aaron received his Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2011, his Master of Arts in Philosophy from San Francisco State University in 2014, and his Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2020.

Aaron is admitted to practice law in the State of California and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Joanna Wolfgram is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Joanna earned her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 2023. In addition to serving as a Senior Executive Editor of the New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, Joanna was co-president of the International Law Society and a student advocate with the Global Justice Clinic. Joanna was also a recipient of the International Law and Human Rights Fellowship and interned for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Prior to law school, Joanna earned a dual degree in International Relations and Arabic Studies from the University of Maryland, where she graduated summa cum laude.

Joanna is admitted to practice law in the State of California and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Swathi Sreerangarajan is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, practicing in the firm’s litigation department.

She earned her Juris Doctor in 2023 from Santa Clara Law School, graduating at the top of the class and receiving the Mabie Outstanding Graduate award. Swathi received a PhD in English literature from the University of Pittsburgh in 2016 and worked as a writer and college lecturer before law school.

Swathi is admitted to practice in the State of California and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. She maintains an active pro bono immigration practice.

Alicia Hernandez is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

She earned her law degree in 2022 from the University of California, Irvine School of Law. During law school, Alicia served on the executive board of the UC Irvine Law Review as the senior notes and comments editor, on the leadership board of the Saturday Academy of Law pro bono project, and as a research fellow for the first-year Lawyering Skills course. She received a Faculty Award for Lawyering Skills II and Dean’s Awards for Lawyering Skills I, Common Law: Contracts, and the Consumer Law Clinic. In 2019, Alicia graduated with high honors and distinction in major from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in English.

Alicia is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Ignacio Martinez Castellanos is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation practice group.

Ignacio graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was the Executive Editor for the Virginia Journal of International Law. While in law school, he argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Ignacio graduated from the University of Rochester with a B.S. in Business.

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

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

He earned his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 2021. While in law school, Zachary served on the Chicago Journal of International Law and worked as an extern for the Honorable John A. Kronstadt of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Policy Analysis from Indiana University, Bloomington, where he graduated with distinction.

Zachary is admitted to the State Bar of California.

Erica L. Jansson is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She rejoined the firm in 2023 after serving as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Philip S. Gutierrez of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 

Erica earned her law degree summa cum laude from Southwestern Law School, where she currently works as an adjunct professor in the Appellate Litigation Clinic. In law school, she served as Editor-in-Chief of The Southwestern Law Review and Chair of the Moot Court Honors Program. She also received the Judge Barry Russell Federal Practice Award and won best oralist awards in the Herbert Wechsler National Criminal Law Moot Court Competition and Leroy R. Hassell Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition.

Erica graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance and Choreography and a minor in Social Sciences. Prior to entering law school, she danced professionally for various dance and theater companies and taught at the Harvard-Westlake School.

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

 

Publications:

Testing the Scope of Status, 50 S.W. L. Rev. 151 (2020).