Mark Cherry is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  Mark joined the firm’s Pro Bono Practice in 2023, as a full-time Pro Bono Associate.  Previously, he practiced in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Mark has a broad range of litigation experience, including significant experience in pro bono matters.  Recent highlights include:

• Mark was one of the lead associates in the firm’s historic jury trial victory over an LAPD officer in Jones v. City of Los Angeles (C.D. Cal.), in which a federal jury awarded $375,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to Mr. Jones.
• Mark represented executives of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America in First Amendment litigation against members of the Trump Administration, culminating in the firm’s victory in Turner v. USAGM (D.D.C.), which confirmed that government-employed journalists have First Amendment rights.
• In Thomas v. Quay, Mark asserted constitutional claims against employees of the Bureau of Prisons arising out of violations of his client’s religious liberties.  The case resulted in a favorable settlement to Mr. Thomas.
• In Chambers v. State (Md. Ct. Spec. App.), Mark challenged his client’s convictions for attempted murder and first degree assault.
• Mark has an active amicus brief practice, and has represented numerous clients in amicus briefs filed in courts around the country, including the United States Supreme Court.

From 2018 to 2019, Mark served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert E. Bacharach of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.  From 2019 to 2020, Mark served as a law clerk to the Honorable Katherine Polk Failla of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Mark received his Juris Doctor in 2016 from Columbia Law School where he was a James Kent and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and served as the Executive Notes Editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in 2013.

Mark is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the Southern District of New York, and the Eastern District of New York.