Senior Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Brad Hubbard is a senior associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. His is a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group.
Mr. Hubbard was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as “One to Watch” in Appellate Practice (2022).
Mr. Hubbard is a trusted appellate advocate and counselor. He has represented clients in their most complex, high-stakes, time-sensitive matters, appearing before U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, and countless state and federal courts of appeals. Mr. Hubbard has presented argument before the Fifth and Tenth Circuits; second-chaired arguments in the Texas Supreme Court, the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits, and the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Texas Courts of Appeals; and conducted direct and cross-examination of witnesses at trial. Mr. Hubbard has successfully litigated cases involving arbitration, antitrust, class actions, the constitution, contracts, products liability, trade secrets, the False Claims Act, RICO, and state and federal criminal law.
Mr. Hubbard’s most significant victories include reversing the largest judgment in the history of the False Claims Act in the Fifth Circuit; reversing a half-billion dollar jury verdict in the San Antonio Court of Appeals; reversing an eight-figure verdict in the Dallas Court of Appeals; reversing a seven-figure verdict in the Texas Supreme Court; and prevailing in several eight-figure arbitration cases in the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Hubbard has also helped clients preserve significant wins in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, and the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Circuits. His pro bono victories include persuading a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate his client’s religious-liberty claims against two Kansas police officers; protecting the First Amendment rights of the Kountze ISD cheerleaders; and successfully advocating on behalf of crime victims as amici curiae in a number of important criminal cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Elizabeth A. Kiernan is a senior associate in the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, representing clients in their most consequential, high-stakes, and time-sensitive matters. Elizabeth specializes in appellate advocacy and sophisticated briefing. She has successfully argued before the Fifth Circuit and Texas Supreme Court and has supported arguments in various courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and courts across the country.
Elizabeth’s most significant victories include obtaining and preserving at the Texas Supreme Court writs of mandamus directing dismissal of billions of dollars in personal injury and property damage claims across a 200-case, 20,000-plaintiff MDL; securing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court victory allowing an insurer responsible for millions of dollars in bankruptcy claims to be heard on objections to its insureds’ plan of reorganization; and persuading a unanimous Fifth Circuit panel to uphold dismissal of over $12 million in contractual and tort claims.
Chambers and Partners recently named Elizabeth an “Associate to Watch” for Litigation: Appellate (Texas), and she has been recognized as an Appellate “Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters’s Texas Super Lawyers magazine.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Elizabeth earned her B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Alabama and her J.D. with Honors from the University of Chicago Law School. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Honorable William H. Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She also served as Special Counsel to U.S. Senator Josh Hawley for the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
Senior Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Brad Hubbard is a senior associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. His is a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group.
Mr. Hubbard was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as “One to Watch” in Appellate Practice (2022).
Mr. Hubbard is a trusted appellate advocate and counselor. He has represented clients in their most complex, high-stakes, time-sensitive matters, appearing before U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, and countless state and federal courts of appeals. Mr. Hubbard has presented argument before the Fifth and Tenth Circuits; second-chaired arguments in the Texas Supreme Court, the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits, and the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Texas Courts of Appeals; and conducted direct and cross-examination of witnesses at trial. Mr. Hubbard has successfully litigated cases involving arbitration, antitrust, class actions, the constitution, contracts, products liability, trade secrets, the False Claims Act, RICO, and state and federal criminal law.
Mr. Hubbard’s most significant victories include reversing the largest judgment in the history of the False Claims Act in the Fifth Circuit; reversing a half-billion dollar jury verdict in the San Antonio Court of Appeals; reversing an eight-figure verdict in the Dallas Court of Appeals; reversing a seven-figure verdict in the Texas Supreme Court; and prevailing in several eight-figure arbitration cases in the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Hubbard has also helped clients preserve significant wins in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, and the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Circuits. His pro bono victories include persuading a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate his client’s religious-liberty claims against two Kansas police officers; protecting the First Amendment rights of the Kountze ISD cheerleaders; and successfully advocating on behalf of crime victims as amici curiae in a number of important criminal cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Elizabeth A. Kiernan is a senior associate in the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, representing clients in their most consequential, high-stakes, and time-sensitive matters. Elizabeth specializes in appellate advocacy and sophisticated briefing. She has successfully argued before the Fifth Circuit and Texas Supreme Court and has supported arguments in various courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and courts across the country.
Elizabeth’s most significant victories include obtaining and preserving at the Texas Supreme Court writs of mandamus directing dismissal of billions of dollars in personal injury and property damage claims across a 200-case, 20,000-plaintiff MDL; securing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court victory allowing an insurer responsible for millions of dollars in bankruptcy claims to be heard on objections to its insureds’ plan of reorganization; and persuading a unanimous Fifth Circuit panel to uphold dismissal of over $12 million in contractual and tort claims.
Chambers and Partners recently named Elizabeth an “Associate to Watch” for Litigation: Appellate (Texas), and she has been recognized as an Appellate “Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters’s Texas Super Lawyers magazine.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Elizabeth earned her B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Alabama and her J.D. with Honors from the University of Chicago Law School. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Honorable William H. Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She also served as Special Counsel to U.S. Senator Josh Hawley for the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
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