Jesse Gabriel is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He currently practices with the firm's Litigation Department and its Public Policy Practice Group.
Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mr. Gabriel served as Counsel to Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana. In that capacity, he was responsible for advising the Senator on a broad range of legal and policy issues, including the vetting and Senate confirmation of multiple executive branch and judicial nominees. Mr. Gabriel also helped draft the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, key provisions of which were incorporated into the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (CISADA), which was signed into law in 2010.
Mr. Gabriel graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2008, where he received the Dean's Award for Community Leadership and served as Articles Editor of the Harvard Law & Policy Review. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 2004, where he served as student body president and graduated with Highest Distinction in General Scholarship.
During law school, Mr. Gabriel worked as a legal extern at the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California. He is admitted to practice law in the State of California.