Ryan Kearney is a litigation associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ClerkHonorable Karen L. HendersonUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit2022–2023
Judicial ClerkHonorable Peter J. PhippsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit2021–2022
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Thought Leadership
Publications
Author, “When the States Step Out of Bounds: State Regulation of Student-Athlete Compensation and the Dormant Commerce Clause,” Loyola Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review, 2022
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2021Illinois
Courts
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Education
Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.magna cum laude2021
Order of the Coif
Kirkland & Ellis Scholar
Managing Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
University of Notre DameB.B.A., Finance & Political Sciencecum laude2017
John Roos Prize
Departmental Honors
Thesis: “Betting the House: Tracing the Relationship Between Public Policy and Personal Financial Uncertainty Faced by Mortgagors”
