Karl Hanson is an intellectual property associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Karl advises businesses and investors on leveraging intellectual property to build and protect their competitive advantages.
Experience
Prior Experience
Senior Director, Intellectual Property Solutions, Aon plc., 2022–2024
Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2021–2022
Law Clerk, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., 2019–2020
Director of Patents and Technology, Red Chalk Group, 2012–2019
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2021, Illinois
Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Education
Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of TechnologyJ.D.magna cum laude2021
Order of the Coif
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of BusinessM.S., Technology Management2012
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignB.S., Materials Science and Engineering2011
