Grace Hart is a litigation partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the firm's Litigation Department, the Labor & Employment Practice, the Media, Entertainment & Technology Practice, and the Class Actions Practice. Grace's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and employment litigation in state and federal courts, at both the trial and appellate levels. She represents multinational companies and individuals in a variety of industries, including technology, life sciences, and retail. She has successfully represented clients in a wide range of matters, including breach of contract, trade secret, and founder disputes. Her employment litigation experience includes matters involving discrimination laws, anti-retaliation and whistleblower protection laws, restrictive covenants, and wage-and-hour laws. Representative matters include: Prior to joining the firm, Grace served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert D. Sack of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Carol B. Amon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Grace received her Juris Doctor in 2016 from Yale Law School, where she served as a Notes Editor of the Yale Law Journal and received the Thomas I. Emerson prize for distinguished paper on a subject related to legislation. Grace received her Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 2013, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Grace maintains an active pro bono practice. She has represented a tenant in filing a Fair Housing Act action in federal court, obtaining a temporary restraining order and securing a favorable settlement, and has represented clients in immigration appeals before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Ninth Circuit. She has also represented numerous clients in amicus briefs filed in courts around the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition, she provides pro bono employment counsel to non-profit organizations. Grace is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits.