Leslie S. Garthwaite - Associate

• Litigation

• 2008, Massachusetts

  2009, New York

  2009, District of Columbia

  2009, Illinois

• Law Clerk, United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
• Federal Liaison, Office of the Governor of Michigan, Washington, D.C., 2003-2005

• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2008 cum laude
  
  The Tax Lawyer, Lead Articles Editor
  
  Appellate Litigation Clinic
• University of Michigan, B.A., in Political Science with Distinction and with Honors in History, 2002

Professional Profile

Leslie S. Garthwaite is a litigation associate in Kirkland's Chicago office.

Leslie shares the Firm's commitment to pro bono work, and has represented several criminal defendants on appeal.

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Publications

An End to Politically Motivated Church Tax Audits, 60 Tax Law. 503 (2007).

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Prior Experience

Associate, WilmerHale, Washington, D.C., 2008-2009

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Courts

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals