Overview

Maria Kearns-Galeano is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including constitutional challenges, in federal court. Maria also has experience in multidistrict litigation, class actions and congressional investigations. Prior to joining Kirkland, she served as student counsel in Cornell Law School’s First Amendment and Securities Law Clinics and interned with the Office of the New York State Attorney General and the Essex County District Attorney’s Office.

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Recognition

Winner, Louis Kaiser Brief Competition

Quaterfinalist, Cuccia Moot Court Competition, 2022

Teaching Assistant, Professor Dawn Chutkow, Constitutional Politics Class

Research Assistant, Professors John H. Blume and Keir Weyble

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2023District of Columbia

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Education

  • Cornell Law SchoolJ.D.2023

    Dean's List

    CALI Award for Cornell's Securities Law Clinic

    Symposium Editor, NYU Journal of Law and Liberty

  • Harvard University Extension SchoolMaster of Liberal Arts, Journalism2020
  • Worcester State UniversityB.A., Communication; Spanish Minorsumma cum laude2017

    Dean’s List

    Lambda Pi Eta, Communications Honors Society