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Gibbons P.C.

No. of offices	8
No. of attorneys	200
Major practice areas	Commercial & Criminal Litigation Corporate Employment & Labor Law Environmental Financial Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights Government & Regulatory Affairs Intellectual Property Products Liability Real Property
Key people	Patrick C. Dunican Jr., Chairman and Managing Director
Revenue	$102.35M (2016)
Profit per equity partner	$790 000 (2016)
Date founded	1926
Founder	Andrew Crummy
Company type	Professional Corporation
Website	Gibbons P.C. Website

With 200 lawyers, Gibbons is a law firm headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, with additional office locations in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington, DC, and Florida.

The firm is best known for its litigation department, which included former judge and retired firm standard-bearer John Gibbons. The department tackles litigation disputes in areas including commercial, environmental, health care law, and white collar crime. Clients include CIGNA, General Electric, JP Morgan Chase Bank and Procter & Gamble.

History

The firm was founded in 1926 by Andrew Crummy, a World War I veteran who attended New York University and Harvard Law School. After working as an IRS agent he formed a law partnership which was originally called Crummy & Rossbach. John Joseph Gibbons, for whom the firm is currently named, originally joined the firm in 1950, and stayed until 1969 when he was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Gibbons returned to the firm in 1990, at which point the firm was called Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione.

The firm opened its New York office in 1997 and grew to more than 40 lawyers through the acquisition of experienced New York attorneys. In 2002, the firm relocated its New York office to One Pennsylvania Plaza to accommodate its growth and future expansion. It is occupying the 37th floor of the One Penn Plaza.

Gibbons joined the Am Law 200 in 2007, a prestigious list of the nation’s leading law firms that is published annually by The American Lawyer. The Am Law 200 is based on gross revenues and other data, which is provided by law firms throughout the nation and then investigated by reporters at ALM (company)’s publications throughout the United States. In 2014, New Jersey Law Journal named Gibbons the “General Litigation Practice of the Year”, while Law360 selected Gibbons as a “Regional Powerhouse”. The Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Super Lawyers, and Best Lawyers continue to highlight the firm and scores of its practice areas and attorneys. In the same year The American Lawyer ranked Gibbons 44th among the AmLaw 200 for pro bono work.

In 2018, Gibbons has 200 attorneys in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware and is ranked among the nation’s top 200 by The American Lawyer and recognized nationally for its work as one of only 20 law firms on the National Law Journal’s inaugural “Midsize Hot List”. The firm has been certified as a great workplace by the independent analysts at the Great Place to Work organization.

Recognition

According to a report by The National Law Journal the law firm does 'smaller deals for big players and big deals for smaller clients'. The firm handles complex commercial litigation and major transactions for midmarket companies, which includes those with annual revenues between $100 million and $2.5 billion. The 177-attorney law firm also handles middle-market deals for major companies and is active in the private equity arena.

Fortune (magazine) has selected Gibbons P.C. as one of the 2018 Best Workplaces in the country on the Consulting & Professional Services list. Gibbons is ranked 14th and is the highest ranked law firm and the only New Jersey-based company in the 2018 list. Gibbons was also ranked as a Best Workplace for Diversity and Best Workplace in New York for 2017 and has been ranked as a Best Medium Workplace since 2016 by Great Place to Work and Fortune.

In 2016, Gibbons was ranked 185th in the AmLaw 200's list of the 200 largest American law firms and 132nd in profit per attorney on the 2016 survey.

In 2016, Gibbons has been recognized as one of 20 law firms on the National Law Journal’s inaugural "Midsize Hot List". Law360 has also highlighted the firm’s multidisciplinary litigation strength, and its contributions to several high-profile corporate transactions in the public and private sectors, in its “Regional Powerhouse” series. The firm has been ranked one of the top 50 firms nationwide for working women by Working Mother magazine and among the top 100 for diversity by MultiCultural Law magazine in 2013.

In 2009, Gibbons earned placement as the highest ranked New Jersey-headquartered firm on The American Lawyer’s Associate Survey of midlevel associate satisfaction and technology at law firms nationwide. Gibbons ranked 16th nationally, and 6th among the Am Law Second Hundred firms, for associate satisfaction, and 2nd among all law firms nationwide for technology.

Notable Lawyers & Alumni

• John Joseph Gibbons, former judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• James R. Zazzali, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
• David W. Marston, former United States Attorney who was ousted by President Jimmy Carter, founded Gibbons' Philadelphia office.
• Jonathan Hafetz, one of the Guantanamo Bay attorneys, was a Gibbons Fellow before joining the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
• Kevin McNulty, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Edwin H. Stern, Acting Justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court (Judge of the Appellate Division, Temporarily Assigned to the Supreme Court).

Practice Areas

The firm is well known for its litigation practice, particularly in the area of civil rights. The John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest & Constitutional Law, founded by Judge Gibbons, represents and files amicus curiae briefs on behalf of poor and underrepresented parties, often on a pro bono publico basis. The firm also has practices in corporate law, securities, international trade, tax law, intellectual property, real estate, white-collar criminal defense, and many other areas.

Gibbons is one of many large law firms providing counsel to the detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

See also

• List of Harvard Law School alumni
• List of largest United States-based law firms by profits per partner
• White shoe firm
• Corporated law firm

References

1. Patrick C. Dunican Jr. Bio
2. http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/law/gibbons-pc/company-overview
3. https://www.gibbonslaw.com/files/Uploads/Documents/mid%20size%20hot%20list.pdf
4. "Gibbons' attorney bio". Archived from the original on 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
5. Firm history Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
6. https://www.gibbonslaw.com/about/gibbons-legacy/
7. http://reviews.greatplacetowork.com/gibbons-p-c
8. https://www.gibbonslaw.com/files/Uploads/Documents/mid%20size%20hot%20list.pdf
9. https://www.gibbonslaw.com/gibbons-named-one-of-the-2018-best-workplaces-in-consulting--professional-services-04-27-2018/
10. https://abovethelaw.com/2016/07/profits-per-partner-at-all-law-firms-that-have-not-raised-salaries-for-associates/?rf=1
11. "Organizational Profile of Gibbons P.C." The National Law Review. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
12. Zazzali's firm bio
13. "Marston's firm bio". Archived from the original on 2008-01-28. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
14. Article about Marston's career from Law.com
15. Hafetz's biography from Brennan Center Archived July 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
16. Gibbons Fellowship page
17. "Full list of practice areas". Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-07-30.

External links

• Homepage
• Chambers USA profile
• Profile from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
• Gibbons P.C. Organizational Profile at the National Law Review

• Law firms established in 1926
• Law firms based in Newark, New Jersey