Top 100 Lawyer Theane Evangelis Profiled in Daily Journal
In the Media | September 26, 2025
Daily Journal
The Daily Journal profile of partner Theane Evangelis, recently recognized as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California, notes that she thrives on last-minute emergency calls to jump into high-stakes cases — like the call she got in May from Los Angeles officials just days before a critical evidentiary hearing over claims the city wasn’t keeping its promises on homelessness fixes. The L.A. Alliance for Human Rights wanted a federal judge to place the program in the hands of a receiver.
“I live for cases like this,” Theane told the Daily Journal. “There’s nothing like the adrenaline rush of getting that call and jumping right in.”
She and her Gibson Dunn team had just days to prepare for a week-long courtroom showdown, doing the work of months in a couple of weeks. Theane made opening and closing arguments and also argued the relevant motions, including her successful opposition to compelling the mayor and other officials to testify. “And the court agreed with us and declined to impose a receiver,” she said. “It was a whirlwind and a roller coaster. I’m very proud of our work.”
Theane is Co-Chair of our global Litigation Practice Group and one of the country’s leading litigators. She represents clients in federal and state courts in a wide spectrum of cases and has argued and won high-profile, groundbreaking appeals across the country, including in the U.S. Supreme Court.