If Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington litigators were a sports team, they’d be the legal equivalent to the 1989 San Francisco 49ers or 1996 Chicago Bulls or the 1998 New York Yankees. That is, they win big, they win decisively and they win often.

The firm took top honors in The National Law Journal‘s Washington Litigation Department of the Year for its deep bench of lawyers, who delivered clutch performances when the stakes were highest.