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Laura J. Plack

Laura
Plack

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

lplack@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 303.298.5749

FAX:+1 303.313.2853

Denver

1801 California Street, Suite 4200, Denver, CO 80202-2642 USA

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PRACTICE

White Collar Defense and Investigations Antitrust and Competition Class Actions Congressional Investigations Crisis Management FinTech and Digital Assets Litigation Public Policy

BIOGRAPHY

Laura Jenkins Plack is a senior associate in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  She previously practiced in the firm’s Washington, DC and Orange County offices.  Ms. Plack is a member of the firm’s litigation department, with an emphasis on white collar defense and investigations and complex commercial litigation.

Ms. Plack represents companies and executives in federal and state court, and before the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, congressional committees, and various international authorities.  She also has experience guiding and advising businesses undertaking internal investigations.

Prior to joining the Denver office, Ms. Plack was appointed an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice.  In that role, Ms. Plack personally advised the Deputy Attorney General on significant legal and policy matters.  She regularly provided strategic oversight on behalf of Department leadership relating to some of the Department’s most complex and high profile actions.  In this capacity, Ms. Plack worked closely with various components, including the Civil Division, the Civil Rights Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Trustees Program, the Office of Legal Policy, and the Office of Legislative Affairs.

Ms. Plack received her law degree from the University of Virginia, where she served as an Editor of the Virginia Law Review.  She clerked for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  Prior to law school, Ms. Plack worked at the White House in the Chief of Staff’s Office and the Office of Strategic Initiatives.  She also served in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

EDUCATION

University of Virginia - 2012 Juris Doctor

University of Oregon - 2005 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

Colorado Bar

District of Columbia Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Webcasts - January 11, 2023 | Webcast: Internal Investigations
Client Alert - September 9, 2021 | The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan: Overview of Gibson Dunn’s Recent Efforts
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