President Donald Trump on Thursday named a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner overseeing the firm’s appellate practice to a newly formed Religious Liberty Commission.
Dallas-based partner Allyson Ho, co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s nationwide Appellate and Constitutional Law practice group, will advise the White House on securing “domestic religious liberty by executive or legislative actions,” Trump said in an executive order.
Ho is married to Trump-appointed US Fifth Circuit Court Judge James Ho. She will serve until July 4, 2026, alongside Trump allies like TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw, Dr. Ben Carson, and religious author Eric Metaxas.
Trump’s announcement called Ho “one of the United States’ premier appellate lawyers” who has presented more than 100 oral arguments in federal and state courts, including five cases before the US Supreme Court. She served as special assistant to President George W. Bush in 2005 and 2006, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Ho and Gibson Dunn didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
Ho’s husband was appointed to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by Trump in 2018, becoming the the circuit’s sole Asian-American judge. Judge Ho is viewed as a potential front-runner for a nomination by Trump to serve on the Supreme Court and has criticized large US law firms for political bias in their pro bono engagements.
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