Esther Lifshitz is a litigation Of Counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, antitrust actions, and internal and regulatory investigations. She has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch(r) in America in the areas of Commercial Litigation (2021-2026) and Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2024-2026). Esther received her Juris Doctor in 2014 from University of Chicago Law School, where she was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review . In 2010, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude , from Columbia University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Esther served as a law clerk to the Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Before that, she was a litigation associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York. Esther is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Publications: