Elizabeth Farrell

Associate Litigation

Salt Lake City +1 801 877 8191

Elizabeth Farrell

Overview

Elizabeth Farrell is a litigation associate in the Salt Lake City office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice includes a broad range of complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts, including products liability, antitrust, restructuring and commercial disputes. In addition to litigation matters, Elizabeth represents and advises companies faced with investigations and enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to joining Kirkland, Elizabeth clerked for the Honorable Joel T. Marker, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Utah.

Elizabeth also maintains a strong pro bono practice dedicated to obtaining lawful permanent residence for asylum seekers, name and gender marker changes for members of the LGBTQ+ community and discharge upgrades for servicemembers and veterans.

Counsel for a technology company in federal antitrust litigation.

Northvolt AB — Representation of Northvolt AB and eight of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Northvolt is a Swedish manufacturer of electric vehicle batteries with a mission to build the world’s greenest battery. As of the petition date, Northvolt had nearly $6 billion in funded debt obligations. Northvolt filed Chapter 11 with commitments of $100 million in new money debtor-in-possession financing from a key customer and access to approximately $145 million in cash collateral from its project finance lenders.

Judicial Law ClerkHonorable Judge Joel T. MarkerUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah2022–2024

Judicial InternHonorable Magistrate Judge Irma C. RamirezUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Texas2020

Works with the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law’s Pro Bono Initiative in its Family and Rainbow Law Clinics.

Participated in a work authorization application clinic with Catholic Community Services of Utah (CCS) for 14 CCS clients seeking asylum.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Author, “Dislike: Facebook's Anticompetitive Monopoly on Social Media and Why U.S. Antitrust Laws Must Adapt to the Technological Era,” SMU Law Review Forum, vol. 75, 2022

Memberships & Affiliations

Women Lawyers of Utah

Utah Bar Young Lawyers Division

Salt Lake County Bar Association

Utah Bar Association

Utah Bankruptcy Lawyers Forum

Mentor, American Bar Association Judicial Internship Opportunity Program (JIOP)

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2022Utah

Languages

  • English
  • American Sign Language
  • Spanish

Education

  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of LawJ.D.summa cum laude2022

    Order of the Coif

    Managing Editor, SMU Law Review Association

    Magister, Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society, SMU Monteith Inn

    American Constitution Society

    In Vino Veritas Mock Trial Team 

    CALI Award Recipient, Legal Research

    CALI Award Recipient, Practice Foundation I: Interviewing and Counseling

  • University of UtahB.S., Anthropology; Integrative Human Biology Minor2015