Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP‘s practice is regularly called upon by boards of directors and CEOs of major corporations in the retail, tech, and financial services segments for its employment litigation prowess. Core areas of practice for the group include the defense of wage-and-hour class actions, employment discrimination cases, whistleblower litigation, executive compensation mandates, and trade secret litigation. Leadership of the department is shared by Los Angeles-based Katherine Smith and Washington DC-based Jason Schwartz. Smith has broad advisory and contentious labor and employment experience that includes individual, representative and class action litigation at both the trial court and appellate level. Schwartz handles all manner of contentious mandates, among them sensitive workplace investigations, discrimination class actions, whistleblower protection claims, and workplace safety litigation. Additional key contacts in Washington DC, include ex- Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia and Molly Senger, who has litigation, arbitration, and mediation experience.