Theane Evangelis, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s global Litigation Practice Group is one of the country’s leading litigators. Theane represents clients in federal and state courts throughout the nation in a wide spectrum of bet-the-company cases, and she has argued and won high-profile, groundbreaking appeals across the country, including in the Supreme Court of the United States. Theane’s achievements have earned her accolades from leading national legal publications. Benchmark Litigation named Theane among the “Top 10 Women in Litigation,” named her a California Labor & Employment Litigation “Attorney of the Year” for her lead role in a variety of important class actions, and named her to its “Top 50 Labor & Employment litigators list.”
In July 2024, Theane was selected by The American Lawyer as the “Litigator of the Week,” in recognition of her victory before the Supreme Court of the United States in a landmark case with national implications on behalf of the City of Grant Pass, Oregon, which held that the Eighth Amendment does not prevent the enforcement of camping regulations on public property. The case was widely reported in the national media and has been hailed by some as the most impactful case of the 2023-24 Supreme Court Term.
Theane is serving as lead counsel to Uber in a series of private and public lawsuits across the country alleging misclassification of drivers who use the Uber app. She has also served as lead counsel for several gig economy clients, arguing and winning appeals in several federal circuits across the country and in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, on the applicability of the Section 1 transportation worker exemption to the Federal Arbitration Act.
A member of the Appellate, Labor and Employment, Media, Entertainment, and Technology, and Crisis Management Practice Groups, Theane joined Gibson Dunn after serving as a law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor during October Term 2004 and as an associate with Ziffren Brittenham, a Los Angeles law firm specializing in entertainment and media transactions. Before clerking for Justice O’Connor, Theane was a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Theane serves on the board of the California Women’s Law Center, NYU Law School, and The Hellenic Initiative. Theane was also appointed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to the Los Angeles County Blue Ribbon Commission on Homelessness.
Updated Sep 2024
