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Mark Perry

Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Mark A. Perry is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  Mr. Perry was resident in the firm's San Francisco office from 2000 - 2002.  He is currently the co-Partner-in-Charge of the D.C. office and serves on the firmwide Executive Committee.  He has previously served on the firm's Associate, Hiring, and Professional Development, and Library Committees.

A member of the Litigation Department, Mr. Perry's practice focuses on appellate litigation, constitutional law, and commercial disputes.  He has briefed and argued numerous appeals in state and federal courts across the country, and has represented clients in trial-level proceedings before both courts and administrative agencies.

Mr. Perry has played a principal role in trial and appellate litigation involving a wide range of legal issues, including:

    * Constitutional and other challenges to punitive damages;
    * Federal regulation and supervision of financial institutions;
    * Federal preemption, particularly involving the Federal Arbitration Act;
    * Appointment and election of federal officials;
    * Administrative procedure and regulatory practices;
    * Constitutional and other challenges to governmental interference with private property;
    * Unfair business practices and antitrust regulation, particularly under the California Unfair Competition Law;
    * ERISA and other federal employment laws;
    * Class action practice and procedure; and
    * Securities regulation and accountant liability.

Professional Experience

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Perry served from 1993-1994 as a law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the Supreme Court of the United States.  From 1992-1993, Mr. Perry was an attorney in the Office of the Solicitor General of the United States.  He also served from 1991-1992 as a law clerk to Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Perry is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center.  He has written and spoken on topics including class action reform, civil justice reform, and punitive damages.

Mr. Perry is a member of the Bars of the State of California and the District of Columbia, and he has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, District of Columbia, and Federal Circuits, the United States District Courts for the District of Columbia and the Southern, Central, Northern Districts of California, and the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Education

Mr. Perry received his law degree with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 1991, where he was Executive Editor of the Law Review.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988.

Publications

SCOTUScast 3-14-08 featuring Mark Perry