New York-based Orin Snyder, who co-chairs Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP‘s trial practice, has a notable specialization in handling commercial, media, and entertainment litigation. In September 2024, he successfully obtained a preliminary injunction for DraftKings in a trade secret and non-compete lawsuit against its former VIP business head, a decision that was unanimously upheld by the First Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition, Snyder is currently representing the defendant, AMC Networks, in a high-stakes breach-of-contract dispute valued in hundreds of millions of dollars, where he recently secured a significant victory, with both a bench trial ruling and summary judgment affirmed in his client’s favor.
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Orin Snyder is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading trial lawyers and litigators. A former federal prosecutor, he is a partner in the New York office and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He has a national trial and litigation practice, including complex commercial, technology and media litigation, internal corporate investigations and white-collar. His clients have included Facebook, AMC Networks, Uber, Cablevision, General Electric, T-Mobie, Goldman Sachs, Starbucks, Time Warner, and Warner Music Group. Has also handled complex litigation for such well-known individuals as Mark Zuckerberg, Jerry Seinfeld, David Letterman, Lady Gaga, Elton John and Bob Dylan. Orin is co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s Trials Practice Group.
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