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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Offices

1050 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON DC 20036-5306
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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David P. Burns

Work Department
White Collar Defense and Investigations
Position
David P. Burns is a litigation partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is the co-chair of the firm’s National Security Practice Group, and a member of the White Collar and Investigations and Crisis Management practice groups. His practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations, national security, and regulatory enforcement matters. David represents corporations and executives in federal, state, and regulatory investigations involving securities and commodities fraud, sanctions and export controls, theft of trade secrets and economic espionage, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, accounting fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, international and domestic cartel enforcement, health care fraud, government contracting fraud, and the False Claims Act.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP continues to be a go-to firm for corporates facing investigations by the SEC, DOJ, and other regulatory authorities. The firm has a strong white-collar and investigations team based in Washington DC, which includes Stephanie Brooker, F. Joseph Warin, and David Burns. Brooker specializes in anti-money laundering matters, while Warin routinely advises on false claims cases. Burns has a broad range of experience with investigations into FCPA violations, public corruption, and cybercrime. Located in San Francisco, Winston Y. Chan frequently acts for clients facing government enforcement action. Nick Hanna and Debra Wong Yang practice in Los Angeles. Yang is noted for her keen insight into crisis management, while Hanna is skilled at navigating cross-border investigation across various jurisdictions, including Latin America, Europe, and the UAE. Practicing in New York, Reed Brodsky has extensive experience representing companies, asset managers, and executives that are being investigated by the SEC.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance