Lawyers of Distinction wishes to welcome Andrea E. Neuman, Esq., of New York, New York. Ms. Neuman is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and admitted to practice in both New York and California. Ms. Neuman Co-Chairs Gibson Dunn’s Transnational Litigation Practice Group and is a member of the firm’s International Arbitration, Appellate, Class Action, and Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Practice Groups.
Ms. Neuman is a high-stakes trial lawyer, whose cases include billion dollar matters in both international and domestic forums. The international features of her work span Central and South America and are comprised of in country as well as U.S. based litigation including foreign plaintiffs. Domestically, her practice spans all U.S. Federal and State courts. She represents clients in an array of industries, including oil and gas, food and agriculture, aerospace, technology, accounting, real estate and financial services. In addition, she has served as trial counsel for state and local governments. She has obtained both defense and multimillion-dollar plaintiff judgments.
Her work is featured in The American Lawyer coverage of Gibson Dunn as “The 2016 Litigation Department of the Year,” “The 2012 Litigation Department of the Year,” and “The 2010 Litigation Department of the Year.” Throughout her career, Ms. Neuman has received numerous accolades. She was named by Benchmark Litigation as a “Litigation Star,” one of the nation’s “Top 100 Trial Lawyers,” one of the “Top 250 Women in Litigation,” and repeatedly named one of California’s “Top 100 Lawyers” by the Daily Journal. She was also named as one of Latin America’s “Top 100 Lawyers” and as one of Latin America’s “Top 50 Female Lawyers” by Latinvex, received the “California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year” (CLAY) Award from California Lawyer magazine, “Attorney of the Year” from The Recorder and has been repeatedly recognized as a “Top Female Litigator” in the State of California. Ms. Neuman has also been recognized by The National Law Journal as an “Energy & Environmental Trailblazer” and by The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Commercial Litigation. Her work is also featured in The American Lawyer‘s “Inside Gibson Dunn’s Winning Chevron Strategy.”
Ms. Neuman received her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia, and dual degrees from the University’s McIntire School of Commerce with high distinction.