Amarto Bhattacharyya

Associate Litigation

Chicago +1 312-862-3829

Amarto Bhattacharyya

Practices

Overview

Amarto Bhattacharyya is an associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Amarto has broad experience in complex commercial litigation, including breach of contract, fraud, indemnity claims, mass tort claims, and antitrust matters. He has played an integral role in several class actions and other cases involving federal and state courts, arbitrations, and negotiations.

PILI Fellow at the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, 2017

Teach For America, 2012–2014

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2017Illinois

Languages

  • English
  • Bengali

Education

  • Georgetown University Law CenterJ.D.magna cum laude2017

    Order of the Coif

    Executive Editor, Georgetown Law Journal

    Senior Writing Fellow in the Legal Research and Writing Department

    Best Advocate out of more than 700 competitors at the 2017 National Trial Competition hosted by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Texas Young Lawyers Association

    First Place and Best Advocate out of 160 competitors at the 2015 Greenhalgh Mock Trial Competition at Georgetown Law

  • Yale UniversityB.A., Political Sciencewith Distinction2012

    President, Yale Mock Trial Association

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Recognition

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Diversity Fellowship, 2016

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Pro Bono Scholarship, 2015