MARCELLUS MCRAE
Partner; Co-Chair, Trials Practice Group
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Marcellus McRae has first-chaired numerous jury trials, bench trials and arbitrations in both federal and state courts. McRae has honed his litigation and white-collar criminal defense practices to focus on a wide variety of complex business disputes, internal investigations, and criminal prosecutions including defense of individuals and corporations.
Among McRae’s recent highlights was his work defeating all claims by a prominent crypto investor against AT&T in a cryptocurrency theft. McRae also won an important victory in 2020 in California Court of Appeal for the City of Santa Monica in a case involving the California Voting Rights Act – a win that marked the first victory for any defendant in a California Voting Rights Act case. McRae also represented California schoolchildren in the landmark case, Vergara v. State of California, which asserted a state constitutional challenge to laws that prevent school administrators from hiring and retaining the most effective teachers.
