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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher [Adam Silver] Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is one of the Southland’s oldest and largest firms, and its longevity is mostly due to an honored track record and a sterling reputation.
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There is a long-running joke (surely pre-
Though commended for its pro bono work,
dating the public service career of Ronald
the firm has been honored for its excellence
Reagan) that actors think they’re politicians
in other fields as well. On May 6, Chambers
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher currently has
and politicians want to be celebrities. All
& Partners Global selected Gibson Dunn as
several attorney openings throughout its
professional mix-ups aside, Gibson Dunn &
the “U.S. Antitrust Law Firm of the Year.”
international network of offices for litiga-
Crutcher, although it is one of the premier
Several Gibson Dunn attorneys were singled
tion, bankruptcy, and corporate attorneys,
firms in Los Angeles, is far more Washing-
out for their efforts, as well: Robert Cooper,
among others. More information regarding
ton, D.C. than it is Hollywood. The firm has
Michael Denger, Joseph Kattan, James
positions at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher can be
handled a host of cases with dramatic politi-
Loftis, Sean Royall, Gary Spratling, Peter
found in the LawCrossing job database.
cal ramifications. Famed Gibson Dunn litiga-
Sullivan and Daniel Swanson. Chambers &
tor Theodore Olson helmed the Bush/Cheney
Partners Global also announced that Gibson
side of the debate during the disputed
Dunn was one of two runners-up for “U.S.
presidential election of 2000. Other notable
Litigation Firm of the Year.”
Washington connections include former partners Eugene Scalia, the son of Supreme
Overall, salaries at Gibson Dunn are com-
Court Justice Antonin, and Ken Starr, White-
petitive. First year associates can expect
water special prosecutor. In what is now
to earn $125,000 in base salary, and hours,
a comical footnote to history, a decorated
though heavy as at any major firm, are not
Stanford Law graduate declined the firm’s
overly steep.
offer of a legal secretary position. Nearly 30 years later, Sandra Day O’Connor became the
While several branches have recently closed,
first woman to sit on the bench of the United
Gibson Dunn’s roughly 800 attorneys are still
States Supreme Court.
spread out among offices in Palo Alto, Paris, Brussels, Dallas, New York, San Francisco,
Gibson Dunn is one of the largest M&A firms
London, Munich, Denver, Orange County and
not to have its headquarters in New York
Washington, D.C.
(although there is an office there). However, the firm is not relegated to specializing in
Despite its global reach, Gibson Dunn is
one particular aspect of the law. Few firms
known first and foremost as a Los Angeles
can match Gibson Dunn when it comes to pro
firm. It was founded by John Bicknell in
bono work. The Public Council Law Center
1890. At the time, L.A. was anything but the
recently named Gibson Dunn the “Pro Bono
image of celebrity glitz and glamour that it
Law Firm of the Year.” Of particular note is
is today. Gibson Dunn has grown along with
the firm’s innovative “Adoption Saturday”
the nation’s second-largest city. One of the
program, which has placed nearly 4,000
firm’s first major clients, Southern Pacific
kids with foster parents. Partner Stephen
Railroad, is largely responsible for the prolif-
Glover was recently selected as the District
eration of the West Coast. Gibson Dunn is not
of Columbia’s 2004 Pro Bono Lawyer of the
just part of the Southland legal landscape; it
Year.
is an emblem of California law.
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