Gwen H. Lemley

Associate Litigation

Chicago +1 312 862 1483

Overview

Gwen H. Lemley is a litigation associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She has broad-based litigation experience in general commercial matters in federal and state courts, including contract disputes, internal investigations, trade secrets, antitrust, intellectual property and environmental mass torts.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Gwen was involved in the following representative matters:

  • Represented manufacturing company in breach of contract case involving trade secrets.
  • Represented national real estate firm in antitrust litigation alleging algorithmic collusion.
  • Represented public utility company in RCRA litigation alleging hazardous waste management and remediation.
  • Member of monitoring team for municipal police department consent decree.
  • Represented public utility company in mass tort litigation.
ArentFox Schiff LLP

Obtained favorable settlement as settlement assistance counsel to minor client in Title VI litigation against school district.

Obtained successful expungement of criminal records as counsel to sex trafficking victim in action to vacate and expunge criminal records related to sex trafficking.

Represented former inmate in Section 1983 action against Wexford Health Sources and attending physician for deliberate indifference to serious medical need.

Represented current inmate in clemency action.

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2022Illinois

Courts

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Education

  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.with Honors2022

    Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Scholar

    Abrams Environmental Law Clinic

    Hinton Moot Court

    Research Assistant to Prof. Joshua Macey

    1L Representative, OutLaw & Law Women’s Caucus

  • University of AlabamaB.A., Historysumma cum laude2019

    Phi Beta Kappa

    Lee Davis Black and Florence Weinberg Black Memorial Award for Academic Merit in History

    President, Student Writers Guild

    Visiting Writers Committee

    Crimson Tide Ballroom Dancing

    History Honors Thesis: “White Supremacist Appropriations of Medievalism in the American South”

    Creative Writing Capstone: “Where the Salt Wouldn't Touch Your Hair”