Winston Y. Chan

About Winston Y. Chan

Winston is Co-Chair of both the firm’s global White Collar Defense and Investigations practice group, as well as its False Claims Act/Qui Tam Defense practice group. He also is on the firm’s State Attorneys General Task Force. He leads matters involving government enforcement defense, internal investigations, and compliance counseling, and regularly represents clients before and in litigation against federal, state, and local agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and State Attorneys General.Winston is a Chambers-ranked attorney in White Collar Crime and Government Investigations, and has been recognized by the Daily Journal as a Top White Collar Lawyer for being one of “California’s most influential and effective white collar practitioners of the year,” and by Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star for being “recommended consistently as a reputable and effective litigator by clients and peers.” He is regularly listed in Best Lawyers, The Legal 500, and Who’s Who Legal for Investigations, with The Legal 500 highlighting his work on False Claims Act matters. Winston is also featured in Global Investigations Review’s annual Global Guide of Recommended Investigations Counsel, and is recognized as a “Star” in White Collar and Government Investigations by LMG Life Sciences and as a Leading Litigator in America by Lawdragon.Winston serves as Co-Chair of the ABA\'s White Collar Crime Committee for Northern California, and as a Commissioner on the Marin County Sheriff\'s Office Civilian Oversight Commission. He also coaches the mock trial team at the Branson School.Prior to joining the firm, Winston served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, where he held a number of supervisory roles. While a federal prosecutor, Winston taught a clinical course at Columbia Law School on the principles of federal prosecution and a first-year lawyering course at Fordham University School of Law.Winston is a Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese speaker.

Experience

1. Partner

   Gibson Dunn

   Jun 2011 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

Education

• Cate School

  High School

  1989 — 1993

• Yale Law School

  JD

  1997 — 2000

• Yale University

  BA, Ethics, Politics & Economics

  1993 — 1997