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Firm Summary

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

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Since its foundings in Southern California in 1890, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has grown into a full-service global powerhouse, representing everyone from startups to Fortune 100 corporations in all major industries. The firm is most renowned for its litigation prowess, and has been named The American Lawyer’s Litigation Department of the Year multiple times in the past decade. In addition to complex civil litigation, Gibson Dunn is known for its elite appellate and constitutional law practices, and its current attorneys have appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court over 100 times in highly publicized cases. Today the firm employs over 1,300 lawyers in 20 offices spread throughout the U.S., South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Firm Stats

Firm Name
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
U.S. Lawyer Headcount
1374
Headcount Change Since 2016

Overall

+308

Partner

+71

Salary Scale
Market
Bonus Category
Full Match
Hours Required
Unspecified
Top Feeder Schools
Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, NYU School of Law, University of Virginia Law School, UC Berkeley School of Law
Average Lawyer Tenure at Firm (Years)
5.9
Revenue Per Lawyer Change Over Five Years
22%
Women Partners (as Percentage of U.S. Lawyer Headcount)
7.5%
Women Partners (As a Percentage of U.S. Partnership)
26.7%
Promotion Rate
3%
Most Common Federal Case Types
Class Action, Antitrust, Bankruptcy
Most Active Federal Jurisdictions
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Frequent Federal Litigation Clients
Apple, Inc. Topaz Solar Farms, LLC, Doordash, Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc.,
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Firm Policies

Work/Life Balance

  • Up to 18 weeks parental leave
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Flexible remote work policy and dress code
  • Flex-time policy that is tailored to individual situations
  • Membership for attorneys and dependents to One Medical and BHS Concierge Connect, concierge medical and mental health services, and the UnMind App
  • In-house wellness department coordinating mental, financial, and physical health benefits and offering presentations and trainings on imposter syndrome, resiliency, first aid, and other topics
  • Partnership with UBS that offers unlimited financial wellness coaching, numerous educational programs offered annually, and access to their FutureFuel student loan repayment program
  • Partnership with BHS that offers well-being coaching, intake calls with clinical team, therapy sessions
  • Benefits and Perks

Bar review course and exam fees

  • New associate summer stipend of $12,000 and relocation/moving/bar/admission expense coverage
  • An annual client development/marketing budget for all associates, to be used at their discretion
  • An annual, flexible “book” budget that was recently extended to home office equipment
  • Associate referral bonus program for lateral hires
  • CLE expense budget

Superstars

Barbara Becker
Chair and Managing Partner

Since May 2021, Becker has served as the Chair and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. Becker is a corporate partner in the firm’s New York office and is widely recognized as one of the elite mergers and acquisitions lawyers in the United States. She has represented leading companies, such as Accenture, Kraft Heinz, Merck, News Corp, PepsiCo and VMware, among others, in some of their most important corporate matters.

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Ted Olson
Partner

One of the biggest names in law today, Olson is a titan of Supreme Court practice, having argued some of the most well-known cases in recent decades, including Citizens United and Bush v. Gore. A partner in the firm’s D.C. office, Olson founded the firm’s Crisis Management, Sports Law, and Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Groups.

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Orin Snyder
Partner

Widely regarded as one of the top trial lawyers in the country today, Snyder is a partner in the firm’s New York office and co-chair of the firm’s Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice Group. A former federal prosecutor, Snyder has received countless accolades and awards for his litigation expertise, including being named as one of the top five commercial lawyers in the country by Chambers.

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Jesse Sharf
Partner

A partner in the firm’s Century City office, Sharf is Co-Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Department and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. With extensive experience in representing investors, lenders, and developers in a wide range of matters, Sharf is widely regarded as one of the top real estate lawyers in California, if not the country.

Debra Wong Yang
Partner

Debra Wong Yang is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office and Chair of the firm’s Crisis Management Practice Group, former Chair of the White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group, which includes the FCPA Practice Group, and former Chair of the Information Technology and Data Privacy Practice Group. Formerly a California state judge and a U.S. Attorney in (the first Asian-American woman to serve in that capacity), Ms. Yang leads critical representations, both high profile and highly confidential, involving a wide variety of industries, economic sectors, regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies, global jurisdictions and all types of proceedings. She is annually recognized as a top lawyer and influential person by numerous publications and is a founding member and co-chair of the Alliance for Asian American Justice, an anti-AAPI hate organization.

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