Amy R. Forbes has spent her entire legal career at and is Co-Partner in Charge of the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Ms. Forbes’ practice is concentrated on land use planning issues, including zoning, planning, the California Environmental Quality Act, and municipal law. The primary focus of her land use practice is at the administrative level, including the negotiation of agreements with local governments and redevelopment agencies, the supervision of the preparation of environmental documentation, the processing of entitlements through public hearings and community meetings and other administrative proceedings, as well as legal issues associated with project development and construction. In addition to her extensive land use experience, Ms. Forbes has a solid grounding in eminent domain and CEQA litigation.

During a one-year leave of absence from the firm in 1988-89, she had the honor and opportunity to work on land use planning issues at the Crown Property Bureau, the agency of the Thai government which manages the King of Thailand's property, under a Luce Foundation Fellowship.

Ms. Forbes graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from Princeton University in 1980 (earning a certification in the transportation program) and from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1984, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif. The Daily Journal named her as one of “California’s Top 50 Development Lawyers” as well as one of the “Top Women Lawyers” in 2014 and she was featured in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Angelenos to Know in Real Estate Law” in July, 2013. Best Lawyers named Ms. Forbes Los Angeles Land Use & Zoning Law Lawyer of the Year 2012. She has been listed in the Legal 500 and editions of The Best Lawyers in America® since 2010. Ms. Forbes has been ranked in Chambers USA since 2006, and is currently a Tier 1 lawyer, the highest rank. Since 2005, she has been named a Southern California SuperLawyer. From 1990 to 1996, she was on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Conservancy, the largest local preservation organization in the country, serving as President of the organization from 1993-1996. She has also served on the Board of the USC School of Architecture Guild and the Los Angeles Free Clinic. She is a member of the Center Theatre Group Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and has provided more than 20 years of pro bono real estate advice and other service to the organization (which operates the theatres in the Los Angeles Music Center downtown and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, which is a rehabilitated movie theatre, and a project Ms. Forbes worked on pro bono for almost 10 years). She is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.