Robert Hur

Robert Hur is a special counsel appointed by US Attorney General Merrick Garland and a partner at the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He heads the Crisis Management Practice Group and is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations and National Security Practice Groups.

Robert K Hur has an extensive experience in government and private practice. Mr. Hur is a sought-after advisor for individuals and companies facing white-collar criminal matters, regulatory proceedings, enforcement actions, internal investigations, and civil litigation.

Mr. Hur served as the 48th United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, where he led one of the nation’s largest and busiest U.S. Attorney’s Offices. He handled high-profile cases and collaborated closely with other enforcement agencies to pursue sophisticated and impactful investigations during his tenure. He was also a member of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee, offering guidance on policy, procedure, and management matters.

Before he was appointed U.S. Attorney, Mr. Hur was the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General with the Department of Justice, where he served as a member of the senior leadership team and a counselor to the Deputy Attorney General. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing all components of the Department, including the National Security, Civil, Criminal, and Antitrust Divisions, 93 U.S. Attorney’s Offices, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

With a proven track record as a trial lawyer, Mr. Hur has tried 14 cases as a federal prosecutor and in private practice. He was part of the trial team that won a clean-sweep acquittal for Vascular Solutions, Inc. in 2016. In 2020, he won a conviction in an international money-laundering trial, the first in-person federal jury trial conducted in the Washington, D.C. region during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr. Hur’s career in public service also includes a stint as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Maryland, where he prosecuted a wide range of cases, including gang violence, firearms offenses, and white-collar crimes. He also served as Special Assistant and later Counsel to the then-Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, handling counterterrorism, corporate fraud, and appellate matters.

Mr. Hur received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he was the Executive Editor of the Stanford Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He holds an A.B. degree, magna cum laude with highest honors, from Harvard College and studied philosophy at King’s College, Cambridge. He clerked for Chief Justice of the United States, William H. Rehnquist, and Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Aside from his professional duties, Mr. Hur is an active member of several organizations, including the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court, and the Asian American Hate Crimes Workgroup. He also serves as Chair of the Alliance for Asian American Justice and is a member of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents.