Main Tech Litigator Elizabeth McCloskey Rejoins Gibson Dunn as Associate in San Francisco Workplace

September 1, 2022

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP introduced right now that Elizabeth McCloskey has rejoined the agency’s San Francisco workplace as a accomplice.  McCloskey, previously a accomplice at Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco, will proceed her advanced litigation observe, with a deal with tech and investigations.

“We’re excited to welcome Elizabeth again to the agency as she rejoins our elite litigation crew within the Bay Space,” mentioned Barbara L. Becker, Chair and Managing Associate of Gibson Dunn.  “Her substantial expertise within the tech sector additional bolsters our rising Bay Space platform.  Elizabeth has robust relationships all through the Bay Space and a fame for excellent consumer service that precedes her.  We’re thrilled by the chance to deepen our bench of expertise on this market with Elizabeth’s addition.”

“As a former Gibson Dunn affiliate, Elizabeth was spectacular early on in her profession, and we’ve been following her exceptional trajectory through the years,” mentioned Theane Evangelis, Co-Chair of the agency’s Litigation Follow Group.  “Companions throughout the agency, who know her and have labored alongside her, maintain her in excessive regard.  She has vital courtroom and trial expertise that may profit our shoppers within the Bay Space and past.”

“Gibson Dunn has a world-class crew of attorneys specializing in a few of the most advanced and vital problems with our time, together with information, know-how, and privateness,” mentioned McCloskey.  “I’m wanting ahead to coming dwelling, and rejoining this strong crew, rising my observe, and constructing alongside extraordinary colleagues.”

McCloskey’s addition to Gibson Dunn’s partnership additional strengthens our premier litigation platform within the Bay Space and follows on the heels of quite a few different current high-profile accomplice hires within the area, together with Ashlie Beringer, Vivek Mohan, Rosemarie Ring, and Jessica Valenzuela.  Gibson Dunn’s collaborative strategy leverages the agency’s expertise throughout a number of observe areas to make sure the very best high quality service, and McCloskey joins our greater than 240 litigation companions in offering distinctive authorized acumen and delivering outcomes to our shoppers on their most crucial issues.

Gibson Dunn’s tech litigation observe brings in depth authorized experience and expertise to a variety of technology-related issues in a quickly evolving international economic system.  Our top-ranked litigators advise the world’s most dynamic tech corporations on cutting-edge points that usually disrupt conventional enterprise fashions.  The collective expertise of our attorneys uniquely positions us to accomplice with shoppers in exploring new alternatives and discovering modern options when confronted with challenges inherent in rising areas of enterprise and legislation.

About Elizabeth McCloskey

McCloskey’s observe focuses on high-stakes, advanced litigation throughout a broad vary of topic issues, together with founder disputes, commerce secret challenges, copyright, antitrust and breach of contract actions, white-collar felony protection instances and investigations.

McCloskey acquired her J.D. from the College of California Berkeley College of Regulation, the place she was a member of the Order of the Coif and served on the California Regulation Evaluate and Berkeley Journal of Prison Regulation.  She clerked for Decide Valerie B. Fairbank of the U.S. District Courtroom for the Central District of California and Decide John T. Noonan Jr. of the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  Previous to attending legislation faculty, McCloskey labored as a journalist.  McCloskey additionally serves on the Board of Administrators of the Northern District of California Historic Society and is a member of the San Francisco Chapter of the Girls’s White Collar Protection Affiliation.