Beth Ising

Beth Ising is a proud McLean School parent, and her son, Theo, is in the Class of 2024 attending McLean since grade 3. Beth is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, DC office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance and its ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) practices. She advises public companies and their boards on corporate governance, securities law and, ESG and sustainability matters. Beth also regularly counsels non-profits on governance matters.

In 2022, for the second year in a row, Beth was named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America list for Corporate Governance and Securities Regulation, which recognizes lawyers who “set the pace for lawyering in the financial world.” BTI Consulting named Beth an MVP to its 2018 and 2019 BTI Client Service All-Stars lists, as determined by a poll of corporate counsel. Chambers USA has recognized Beth as a top Securities Regulation attorney in each of the last six years. She also has been named to The Best Lawyers in America list annually since 2018. In 2017, Beth was elected as a fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel. She is a member of the advisory boards of Northwestern University’s Securities Regulation Institute and the University of Delaware’s John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance. Early in her career she was named a “Rising Star of Corporate Governance” by Yale School of Management’s Center for Corporate Governance and Performance. Beth previously served on the Board of Directors of the Society for Corporate Governance.

Beth received her JD with high honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received her BS in Political Science and a minor in Journalism from James Madison University. Beth is a rabid UNC Tar Heels fan and was “rescued” by her two dogs.