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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Offices

2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 2100
Dallas, TX 75201
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Allyson Ho

Work Department
Appellate and Constititutional Law
Position
Allyson N. Ho is a partner in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and co-chair of the Firm’s nationwide Appellate and Constitutional Law practice group. Widely regarded as one of the nation’s most accomplished appellate litigators, Allyson has presented over 65 oral arguments in federal and state courts nationwide, including multiple high-stakes cases on behalf of business before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Texas Supreme Court.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
(Leading partners)Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP‘s appellate practice is highly specialized in presenting arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and state courts nationwide. Leadership is shared between Washington, D.C.-based Thomas Dupree, who draws on previous experience acting as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and has argued over 100 appeals in the federal courts; Dallas-based Allyson Ho; and Los Angeles-based Julian Poon. Dupree recently represented Union Pacific Railroad Company in a Seventh Circuit appeal involving commuter rail service in Chicago; Ho led a team in successfully representing Truck Insurance Exchange at the U.S. Supreme Court. Poon, for his part, led a team that succeeded in obtaining a post-trial victory in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of Farmers Insurance Exchange and Farmers Group. Additional key contacts include LA-based Theodore Boutrous, and Miguel Estrada, Thomas Hungar, and Helgi Walker, all of whom are based in D.C. Theodore Olson passed away in November 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal) United States > Dispute resolution
- Leading partners United States > Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- 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
- 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)
- Industry focus > Education
- 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
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- 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
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech