Katharine Collins is a litigation associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Prior to joining Kirkland, Katharine served as a law clerk to Judge Daniel A. Bress on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and to Judge Martha M. Pacold on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Experience
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ClerkHonorable Judge Martha M. PacoldUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois2022–2023
Judicial ClerkHonorable Judge Daniel A. BressUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit2019–2020
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Thought Leadership
Publications
Co-Author, “Mutating Marks: Refusing to Lose the Trademark Trail,” Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, vol. 15, 2018
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2020Illinois
2021District of Columbia
Education
University of Virginia School of LawJ.D.2019
Order of the Coif
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Law & Politics
First Place, William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition
Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
University of FloridaB.S., Business Administration & Advertising2016