Prominent Trial and Congressional Investigations Lawyer Matthew Owen Joins Gibson Dunn
Firm News | June 8, 2026
Gibson Dunn today announced that leading trial lawyer and litigator Matthew Owen has joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation and Congressional Investigations Practice Groups in Washington, D.C. His practice spans complex commercial disputes, high-stakes investigations, and crisis management, with notable expertise in antitrust and drug pricing matters.
“Matt is a razor-sharp litigator who joins our elite team of lawyers operating at the intersection of complex litigation, governmental regulation, and public policy,” said F. Joseph Warin, Chair of the nearly 300-lawyer Litigation Department of Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office and Co-Chair of the firm’s global White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group. “His proven trial capability brings the versatility and judgment clients need as they confront ‘whole-of-government’ exposure, with encyclopedic command of the pharmaceutical regulatory arena.”
Matt, a double U.S. Supreme Court law clerk for Justices Gorsuch and Scalia, joins the firm’s 47 former Supreme Court law clerks.
“Matt brings a rare combination of senior Senate investigative leadership and deep litigation experience,” said Michael D. Bopp, Chair of the firm’s Congressional Investigations Practice Group. “His experience will further enhance our ability to help clients navigate parallel litigation, regulatory, and congressional risks.”
During his tenure in the U.S. Senate, Matt supervised the successful litigation of the Senate’s first contempt action in more than twenty years and led a number of congressional investigations, including inquiries into competition in the cable and satellite television industry and drug pricing. He previously served as Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, which oversees federal antitrust enforcement agencies and reviews major proposed mergers affecting the national economy.
“Gibson Dunn’s litigation platform is the gold standard, and I am thrilled to begin the next chapter of my career working alongside mentors, colleagues, and friends,” said Matt. “Today’s bet-the-company matters are global, cross-practice, and move in real time, and it’s clear the firm has built the leading platform to help clients navigate their most complex disputes and sensitive investigations.”
Matt joins amid the continued strategic expansion of the firm’s litigation bench, following the recent additions of former Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall, Judson Littleton, and Morgan Ratner in Washington, D.C., as well as Yaira Dubin in New York.
About Matthew Owen
Matt focuses on complex commercial litigation, congressional and other government investigations, and appeals. He has a versatile skill set, having represented clients in antitrust suits, drug pricing litigation, environmental cases, consumer class actions, contested bankruptcy proceedings, contract disputes, and regulatory matters.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Matt was a partner at an international law firm. He previously served as Majority Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and as Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights.
Matt was a law clerk for both U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Neil Gorsuch. He also served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice.