Christopher D. Valentino is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department.  Mr. Valentino’s practice encompasses a wide-array of land use/development matters and real estate transactions.

Mr. Valentino received his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of California, Irvine School of Law.  During law school, Mr. Valentino was a two-year member of the Community and Economic Development Clinic and helped coordinate the acquisition and entitlement of affordable housing projects.  Mr. Valentino also received his M.A. in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University, and his B.A., summa cum laude, in Political Science from San Francisco State University.

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Valentino was a land use associate at Newmeyer & Dillion LLP in Newport Beach, California.

Mr. Valentino is admitted to practice law in the State of California.