Jennafer Tryck is a senior litigation associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She represents clients at the federal and state trial and appellate court levels, as well as in arbitration, with a particular focus on class actions, ERISA, and intellectual property disputes. Ms. Tryck was recently recognized as “One to Watch” by Best Lawyers in America (2021 ed.).

Selected engagements include:

• Represent Ford Motor Company in numerous ERISA and employment disputes.
• Defend Allergan plc. in multiple patent licensing disputes, including securing favorable settlement in case asserting various contract and tort claims.
• Defend the University of Southern California in an ERISA class action concerning management of USC’s retirement plans.
• Represent Rimini Street, Inc. in multiple high-stakes copyright infringement suits brought by Oracle, Inc. concerning Rimini’s ERP software support processes.
• Obtained early, favorable settlement for Atkins in putative consumer class action alleging unfair competition, mislabeling, and other tort claims.
• Secured a favorable settlement for Nike in a suit brought against Adidas and three former Nike footwear designers alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract.

Ms. Tryck also has an active pro bono practice. Representative matters include:

• East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, et al. v. Barr: Drafted amicus brief on behalf of Kids In Need of Defense in support of a successful effort to enjoin regulations that limited asylum access for immigrant children.
• Celia S. v. Hugo H.: Secured complete reversal of an adverse child custody ruling in a published opinion. (Ms. Tryck presented oral argument to the California Court of Appeal.)
• G.C. v. S.C.: Obtained affirmance of a custody award for the father of a young child with learning disabilities. (Ms. Tryck presented oral argument to the California Court of Appeal.)

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Tryck served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Dana Fabe of the Alaska Supreme Court and as an extern to Judge John W. Sedwick of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Ms. Tryck received her law degree from the University of California, Irvine where she graduated cum laude. Ms. Tryck also holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Ms. Tryck is a member of the California and Alaska bars and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.