Jimmy Rotstein is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a former federal prosecutor with extensive experience in litigating high-stakes criminal and civil matters across a broad range of practice areas. Mr. Rotstein specializes in white-collar criminal matters, government investigations, internal investigations, and complex civil litigation.

Mr. Rotstein has co-first chaired federal jury and bench trials and has argued significant motions at every stage of litigation.

From 2019-2021, Mr. Rotstein served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. During his time at the United States Attorney’s Office, Mr. Rotstein successfully prosecuted a wide range of federal crimes including international money laundering, various frauds and conspiracies, human smuggling, and importation and distribution of controlled substances. Mr. Rotstein also successfully briefed cases before the Ninth Circuit, and led a multi-year investigation involving a complex conspiracy.

Before his tenure at the United States Attorney’s Office, Mr. Rotstein was an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP. During that time, he specialized in white-collar criminal and complex litigation matters, in which he obtained multiple favorable resolutions for his clients.

Mr. Rotstein received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. While at Georgetown, Mr. Rotstein was a member of the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy. Mr. Rotstein received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. While at UCLA, Mr. Rotstein was a member of the UCLA football team, where he was a multiple letter winner and elected to the Pac-10 All-Academic team for two consecutive years.

Mr. Rotstein is admitted to practice law in the State of California and before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the Northern District of California, the Southern District of California, and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.