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Orin Snyder – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Co-chair of the firm’s global trial practice and former federal prosecutor Orin Snyder is a prolific litigator, representing clients from a diverse range of industries, including tech powerhouses Meta, PayPal, and Pinterest. On the 6th April 2022, Snyder led for AMC Network in a sweeping summary judgment victory concerning a high-stakes lawsuit brought by the executive producers of the hit television show The Walking Dead. Snyder is based in the firm’s New York office.

Orin Snyder – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Co-chair of the firm’s global trial practice and former federal prosecutor Orin Snyder is a prolific litigator, representing clients from a diverse range of industries, including tech powerhouses Meta, PayPal, and Pinterest. On the 6th April 2022, Snyder led for AMC Network in a sweeping summary judgment victory concerning a high-stakes lawsuit brought by the executive producers of the hit television show The Walking Dead. Snyder is based in the firm’s New York office.

From its Los Angeles hub, Ilissa Samplin leads the practice at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, which has a strong reputation for its capabilities representing high-profile corporate and individual clients, both plaintiffs and defendants, across the media, entertainment, and technology industries in particular. The team has a strong national reach with offices across California, New York, Washington DC and Texas. Particularly standout work includes its upheld its appellate victory for Amrock in a matter worth $706m, wherein appeal was rejected by the Texas Supreme Court. Further, its representation of the founders and early employees of Tinder in the high-profile trade secrets matter which is one of the largest to go to trial in the history of the technology industry,  wherein the defendants agreed to pay $441m of the $2bn claimed to settle the litigation; partner Orin Snyder, who works in the New York office, led on this matter.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP offers clients deep trial experience in state and federal courts, as well as extensive experience in the Supreme Court, non-judicial settings and international arbitrations.  The firm boasts market-leading partners across a wide geographical spread, with Reed Brodsky, Theodore Boutrous and Orin Snyder in New York, as well as Theane Evangelis in Los Angeles and Helgi Walker in Washington, D.C. Snyder notably secured a summary judgement for AMC in the California Superior Court in their profit sharing case concerning The Walking Dead. The firm has also recently secured wins for longstanding clients State Farm General Insurance Company, GrubHub and Chevron U.S.A. Zainab Ahmad is also noted for her recent success for Amazon in the Eastern District of New York. Veronica Moyé left the team in February 2024.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is a key destination for corporations and individuals from across the media & entertainment industry, handling matters from film finance litigation and contract disputes to securities and class action lawsuits. Practice head Scott Edelman operates from the firm’s Century City office, representing the likes of Netflix and CBS Studios in arbitrations and employment suits. New York-based Orin Snyder is a regular advisor to well-known individuals and technology giants, currently advocating on behalf of Meta in a high-profile securities fraud complaint that has been covered extensively in the media. Fellow New York resident Brian Ascher specializes in civil litigation with notable experience in trade secrets matters and founder disputes. Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.  is a widely praised Los Angeles-based media lawyer who is focuses on First Amendment litigation. Another name to note in Los Angeles is Ilissa Samplin who, alongside Edelman, Snyder and Boutrous Jr., recently successfully represented AMC in a long-pending profit participation case heard in New York State Court that followed a previous victory for the firm in Los Angeles concerning the same case.