Alanna Ruth Carden

Associate Litigation

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Alanna Ruth Carden

Overview

Alanna Carden is a litigation associate in the Dallas office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Law ClerkHonorable James Wesley HendrixUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Texas2022–2023

Legal ExternUnited States Attorney’s Office2020

Judicial ExternHonorable James A. TeilborgUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona2019

Judicial ExternHonorable Amul R. ThaparUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit2019

Truman Young Fellow, Arizona State University, 2020–2021

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2023, Texas
  • 2022, New York
  • 2022, Arizona (inactive)

Education

  • Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of LawJ.D.summa cum laude2021

    Order of the Coif

    Arizona State Law Journal

    Dean's Award for Outstanding Character, Contributions to ASU Law & Academic Performance

    CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Civil Procedure, Contracts, Employment Law, Evidence & Legal Method & Writing

    Highest Pro Bono Distinction

  • Arizona Christian UniversityB.S., Political Sciencesumma cum laude2018