State Attorneys General (AG) Task Force
State Attorneys General are increasingly pursuing high risk investigations and enforcement actions in every major U.S. industry. Our deep and wide experience with state AGs arms companies to aggressively defend and defeat these matters.
At Gibson Dunn, we combine our unparalleled government investigations and litigation practice with extensive experience across a wide range of subject matters and industries to provide comprehensive and effective solutions to complex issues. State AGs pursue investigations, litigation, and enforcement actions across the legal spectrum – consumer protection; data privacy; employment; antitrust / unfair competition; artificial intelligence (AI); diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); environmental, social and governance (ESG); products liability; state false claims acts and government contracting; securities; and more. And they are increasingly partnering with plaintiffs’ lawyers in bringing these matters. We have unrivaled experience in all of these spaces.
We have built close working relationships with state AGs and their teams and regularly work to proactively dissuade them from pursuing investigations. Having spent time in senior roles in multiple state AG offices, we understand how AG offices work and how to best advocate for our clients. Our team members have served as the Executive Deputy Attorney General, Deputy Solicitor General, Assistant Solicitor General, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, and line level attorneys within state AG offices nationwide. We also have had occasion to represent AG offices themselves.
Our experience covers all aspects of these matters, including in nationwide or multi-state and high-stakes investigations. We have handled cases in virtually every state, including responding to subpoenas and civil investigative demands, interfacing with state or local grand juries, representing clients in civil and criminal proceedings, and taking cases to trial. If you have questions about developments in this space, please reach out to any member of our State AG Task Force.
Recent Publications and Webcasts
Client Alert
New York Attorney General Enforcement and Policy Update
This update highlights notable actions and enforcement trends relevant to businesses operating in New York or subject to multistate enforcement …
Webcasts
Webcast: State AG Developments
State Attorneys General are stepping into the spotlight with increasingly assertive investigations and enforcement actions to regulate conduct across consumer …
Webcasts
Webcast: Consumer Protection Enforcement: DOJ, FTC, and State AGs at the Crossroads
Join partners from our Consumer Protection and White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice Groups for a recorded webcast on emerging …
Client Alert
Seeking Discovery from State Agencies in State Attorney General Litigation
Gibson Dunn has extensive experience advising multinational companies operating online services on a wide variety of regulatory and law enforcement investigation, enforcement, strategic counseling, litigation, and appellate matters relating to youth online safety, including on privacy and AI-related issues.
Client Alert
NAAG Consumer Protection Fall Conference: State Attorneys General Consumer Protection Enforcement Priorities and Trends
Our lawyers share consumer enforcement priorities and trends from the 2025 National Association of Attorneys General Consumer Protection Fall Conference.