Matt Benjamin is a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in New York, actively involved in various practice groups, including General Commercial Litigation, White Collar Defense and Investigations, Crisis Management, and Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation. He has also participated in the firm’s Hiring, Diversity, and Community Affairs Committees.
Acknowledged as a leading attorney in Criminal Defense: White-Collar by The Best Lawyers® in America for 2024 and 2025, he has consistently appeared on the Super Lawyers: New York Metro “Rising Stars” list for litigation since 2013.
His practice emphasizes complex litigation, white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations, and crisis management, providing counsel to individuals and businesses on sensitive privacy, defamation, reputational recovery, private investigations, and founders’ disputes.
Notable cases he has handled include:
- Tinder: Represented founders in a multibillion-dollar case against InterActiveCorp and Match Group, resulting in a $441 million settlement.
- Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg: Defended against a breach of contract claim, achieving a successful dismissal and acting as victims in a related federal prosecution.
- Office of the Governor of New Jersey: Led an internal investigation into allegations regarding the George Washington Bridge toll lane realignment, producing a comprehensive report.
- DraftKings: Assisted in an internal investigation and defense against multiple criminal and regulatory actions related to gaming laws.
With expertise in federal sentencing law, Matt was appointed to the United States Sentencing Commission’s Practitioners Advisory Group and the Federal Bar Council’s Committee on Sentencing and Alternatives to Incarceration. He has published extensively on federal sentencing policies and contributes to the ABA’s treatise on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
A graduate of New York University School of Law (2006) and Yale College (2003), Matt has also clerked for a U.S. District Court judge. His pro bono efforts earned him the Thurgood Marshall Award for Exceptional Pro Bono Service in 2015, recognizing his commitment to public service and access to justice.
Matt is licensed to practice in New York and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
