Gustavo Berrizbeitia is an associate in Morrison Foerster’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Complex Litigation + Advisement Group.

Gustavo focuses on complex commercial litigation and internal investigations, drawing on his experience from both private practice and the federal judiciary. He represents clients in complex disputes in both federal and state courts and advises on a wide variety of legal issues, including breach of contract, class actions, real estate disputes, and cross-border investigations.

Prior to joining the firm, Gustavo served as a law clerk to the Honorable John H. Chun of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. During law school, he served in the Veterans Legal Services Clinic, successfully arguing before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and helping secure a federal class settlement that resulted in changes to military discharge upgrade procedures for Air Force veterans. Gustavo also competed in the annual moot court at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law’s Williams Institute, where he won Best Brief.

Gustavo is the author of “The Political Economy of Arbitration Law,” published in the Yale Law Journal, which has been cited by a federal district court.

Gustavo received his J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. cum laude from Northwestern University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Before law school, Gustavo was a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and then worked at a nationally recognized plaintiff-side law firm.

He is fluent in Spanish, with conversational proficiency in French.