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| | Address | | 1881 Page Mill Road | | Palo Alto, California 94304-1125 | | (Santa Clara Co.) | | | |
| | | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice, State and Federal Courts. Antitrust Law, Specialized Criminal Defense. General Corporation, Securities, Administrative, Labor and Employment, Taxation, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust, International Business, Entertainment, Commercial, Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, Environmental Energy, Municipal and Public Utility Law. | | Year Established: 1890 | Firm Profile:
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is a leading international law firm. Consistently ranking among the world's top law firms in industry surveys and major publications, Gibson Dunn is distinctively positioned in today's global marketplace with 950 lawyers and 15 offices in major cities throughout the United States and Europe. Committed to providing the highest quality legal services to its clients. Gibson Dunn's representative clients include some of the world's largest multinational corporations in all major industries, leading government entities, commercial and investment banks, start-up ventures, emerging growth businesses, partnerships and individuals.Palo Alto, California Office Profile: Gibson Dunn has achieved a clear record of success for a host of clients faced with some of the most challenging and complex legal issues of the day. Positioned to serve technology companies and the venture capital community, our Palo Alto office provides Fortune 100 and new economy clients alike with forward-thinking legal strategies and creative representation. Whether we are enforcing intellectual property rights in court, closing a deal, solving complex employment issues, or dealing with high-stakes securities law challenges, our ability to anticipate our clients' needs and to consider all options open to them has fostered unparalleled respect among our clients, peers and the legal community. Consistently ranked as one of the top ten law firms in the world, and recently dubbed "The Rescue Squad" by The American Lawyer, we value the reputation we have built upon results achieved in the course of representing leaders in the technology, securities, finance and professional service sectors. Leveraging Gibson Dunn's international transactional and litigation abilities, the Palo Alto office has grown significantly since 1979. Our Palo Alto practice covers a broad range of litigation including intellectual property, securities litigation, and labor and employment, and we represent all aspects of corporate law, including corporate securities, venture capital finance and technology licensing. Starting with one of the strongest foundations in the U.S. legal arena, our lawyers have built solid reputations for their expertise and innovative front line tactics. When dealing with bet-the-company decisions, securities compliance issues, patent and trade secret litigation, licensing, labor and employment issues or other matters, Gibson Dunn makes certain that our "client first" philosophy benefits each and every client we represent. | | Firm Size: 950 |
Other Office Locations of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Irvine, California, U.S.A.
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
Brussels, Belgium
London, England
Paris, France
Munich, Germany
Singapore, Singapore
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
| | PARTNERS | | Joseph M. Barbeau (Partner) born June 24, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Minnesota; 1983, California. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, Minnesota Law Review, 1980-1981. Law Clerk to Judge Gerald W. Heaney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1981-1982. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Finance; Cross-border Transactions. Email: Joseph M. Barbeau | | George H. Brown (Partner) born October 8, 1957; admitted to bar, 1988, California. Education: University of Minnesota (B.S., 1981); University of California at Los Angeles (M.B.A., 1988); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1988). Certified Public Accountant, California, 1983. Acting Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1992-1995. Practice Areas: Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Securities Litigation; Corporate Governance; Professional Liability; Accountants Malpractice. Email: George H. Brown | | Frederick S. Chung (Partner) born October 16, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, California. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1991); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Law Clerk to Honorable Karen Nelson Moore, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1995-1996. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: Frederick S. Chung | | Paul J. Collins (Partner) born November 11, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, New York; 1997, California. Education: University of Washington (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Executive Editor, The Tax Lawyer, 1991-1992. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; Federalist Society. Reported Cases: Singh v. Gonzales, 241 Fed. Appx. 428 (9th Cir. 2007); Lasker v. New York State Elec. & Gas Co., 85 F.3d 55 (2d Cir. 1996); Lerro v. Quaker Oats Co., 84 F.3d 239 (7th 1996); In re Openwave Systems Inc. Derivative Litigation, [2007 Transfer Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. 94,574 (N.D. Cal. 2008); In re Openwave Systems Inc. Derivative Litigation, 528 F. Supp. 2d 236 (N.D. Cal. 2007); In re Openwave Systems Inc. Derivative Litigation, 503 F. Supp. 2d 1341 (N.D. Cal. 2007); Shurkin v. Golden State Vintners Inc., 471 F. Supp. 2d 998 (N.D. Cal. 2006); In re Exodus Communications, Inc. Securities Litigation, 2006 WL 3050829 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 26, 2006); In re Exodus Communications, Inc. Securities Litigation, [2006 Transfer Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. 93,898 (N.D. Cal. 2006); In re Thoratec Corp. Securities Litigation, 2006 WL 1305226 (N.D. Cal. May 11, 2006); Shurkin v. Golden State Vintners, Inc., 2005 WL 1926620 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 10, 2005); Myers v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 1999 WL 696082 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 23, 1999); Lasker v. New York State Elec. & Gas Corp., 1995 WL 867881 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 22, 1995). Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice; Securities; Class Actions; Fraud and Deceit; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Unfair Competition. Email: Paul J. Collins | | Gregory T. Davidson (Partner) born May 3, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1985); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1988). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures(40%); Securities(35%); Private Placement; Securities Disclosure; Securities Offerings; Initial Public Offerings; Corporate Finance; Corporate Governance(25%); Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Corporate Contracts; Proxy Contests; Tender Offers; Hostile Takeovers; Spin-Offs. Email: Gregory T. Davidson | | Jonathan C. Dickey (Partner) born December 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, California; 2008, District of Columbia and New York. Education: Harvard College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1976); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Managing Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 1978-1979. Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of California; Securities Industry and Financial Management Association. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; SEC Enforcement; Accountants Liability; Unfair Competition; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Jonathan C. Dickey | | Stephen W. Fackler (Partner) born August 9, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, California; 2004, New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1979); St. John's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England (B.A., Honours, 1981); Stanford University (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Chair, Certification of the Certified Equity Professional Institute, sponsored by Santa Clara University. Member, Global Equity Organization. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Executive Compensation; Employee Benefits. Email: Stephen W. Fackler | | Lisa A. Fontenot (Partner) born September 7, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., Foreign Service, magna cum laude, 1990); University of Virginia (M.A., Foreign Affairs, 1994; J.D., 1994). Order of the Coif. Member: State Bar of California. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: Lisa A. Fontenot | | Russell C. Hansen (Partner) born April 30, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; 1981, California. Education: Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1976); Stanford University (M.B.A., 1980; J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, Stanford Journal of International Studies, 1979-1980. Chairman, Business Law Section, Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1986-1987. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Finance; Business Law. Email: Russell C. Hansen | | David H. Kennedy (Partner) born May 6, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, California. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1975; M.B.A., 1981; J.D., 1982). Order of the Coif. Member, 1980-1981 and Note and Comment Editor, 1981-1982, Wisconsin Law Review. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Intellectual Property; Science and Technology). Practice Areas: Computers and Software; Technology and Science; Intellectual Property; Corporate Law; Commercial Law. Email: David H. Kennedy | | H. Mark Lyon (Partner) born May 17, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (B.S.E.E., 1985); Santa Clara University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1992). Eta Kappa Nu. Pi Mu Epsilon. Alpha Sigma Nu. Associate Editor, Santa Clara University Law Review, 1991-1992. Satellite Communications Engineer, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc., 1985-1990. Member: Federal Circuit Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property; Patent; Trade Secrets; Computers and Software. Email: H. Mark Lyon | | Christopher J. Martin (Partner) born July 22, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1973); University of California School of Law at Los Angeles (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law. Email: Christopher J. Martin | | Timothy K. Roake (Partner) born October 6, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1983, Colorado. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1976); University of California at Davis (J.D., 1981). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Timothy K. Roake | | Denis R. Salmon (Partner) born September 20, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, California. Education: Hamline University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976). Chair, Intellectual Property Group. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Intellectual Property); American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Trade Secrets; Trademarks; Litigation; Antitrust. Email: Denis R. Salmon | | OF COUNSEL | | Tom Campbell (Of Counsel) born 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois; 1977, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in California). Education: Harvard University (J.D., 1976); University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1980). Member: District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Email: Tom Campbell | | Steven James Johnson (Of Counsel) born July 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, California. Education: California Polytechnic State University (B.S. with highest honors, 1981); University of Santa Clara (J.D., magna cum laude, 1985). Notes Editor, Santa Clara Computer and High-Technology Law Journal, 1985. Judicial Extern, Honorable Allen E. Broussard, California Supreme Court, Spring, 1984. Visiting Lecturer, Law of Products Liability, Santa Clara University School of Law, 1991-1997. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Steven James Johnson | | ASSOCIATES | | Marcie M. Areias (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: California Polytechnic State University (B.S., 2003); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Marcie M. Areias | | Sally J. Berens (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: Harvard University, Radcliffe College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1998; A.M., 1998); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 2001). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Litigation; Securities; ERISA. Email: Sally J. Berens | | Virginia Boster (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1999); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 2004). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Virginia Boster | | Benjamin M. Glickman (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of California, Davis (A.B., 2002); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: General Corporate; Litigation; Executive Compensation and Benefits. | | Joseph W. Guzzetta (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., 2001); New York University (J.D., 2004). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Joseph W. Guzzetta | | Y. Ernest Hsin (Associate) born February 27, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1995); Columbia University (J.D., 1998). Languages: Chinese (Mandarin). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Y. Ernest Hsin | | Edric Itchon (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 1999); Brown University (M.A.T., 2003); University of California School of Law, Berkeley (J.D., 2007). Email: Edric Itchon | | Kyle Kreiss (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: Colby College (B.A., cum laude, 2004); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: State Bar of California. Email: Kyle Kreiss | | Leila Orr (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 2000); Loyola University (J.D., 2005). Email: Leila Orr | | Matt Oshinsky (Associate) born November 19, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1992); University of Chicago (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Emerging Technologies; Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Matt Oshinsky | | Jeffrey N. Petit (Associate) born September 14, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Stanford University (B.S., with distinction, 1999); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Jeffrey N. Petit | | Anne Pogue (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: University of Oregon (B.F.A., 2002); University of Chicago (J.D., 2007). Email: Anne Pogue | | Jonathan D. Rosenblatt (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 2002); Cornell University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Transactions: Represents companies such as Building Materials Holding Corporation, Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Intel Corporation, St. Jude Medical, Inc., Seagate Technology, Thoratec Corporation and Xilinx, Inc. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Executive Compensation; Securities; Corporate Transactions. Email: Jonathan D. Rosenblatt | | David I. Siegel (Associate) born October 10, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, New York. (Not admitted in California). Education: Cornell University (B.A., cum laude, 2000); New York University (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy Reorganization. Email: David I. Siegel | | Michael B. Smith (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, New York; 2005, California. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1997); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Languages: Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Michael B. Smith | | Alison Watkins (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 2000); University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 2007). Email: Alison Watkins | | Raymond S. Yee (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: Rice University (B.A., Mathematical Economical Analysis and Computational and Applied Mathematics, cum laude, 2003); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., with high honors, 2006). Order of the Coif. Staff Member, University of Chicago Law Review. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Raymond S. Yee | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Washington, D.C.; Irvine, California; San Francisco, California; London, England; Paris, France; Munich, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Singapore, Singapore; Century City, California; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado.
| Unless Otherwise Indicated All Members and Associates of the firm are members of The State Bar of California. | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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