Samuel J. Lewis

Associate Litigation

Washington, D.C. +1 202 389 3771

Overview

Sam Lewis is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He previously served as a law clerk to Judge Gregory G. Katsas on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and to Andrew S. Oldham on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Law ClerkHonorable Gregory G. KatsasUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit2025–2026

Law ClerkHonorable Andrew S. OldhamUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit2024–2025

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2025District of Columbia

Education

  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.magna cum laude2024

    Executive Editor, Harvard Law Review

    Joseph H. Beale Prize for Conflict of Laws

  • University of CambridgeM.Phil., Philosophy2021

    Keasbey Memorial Scholarship

  • University of CambridgeM.Phil., Political Thought and Intellectual Historywith Distinction2020

    Keasbey Memorial Scholarship

    Master’s Prize

  • Bowdoin CollegeA.B., Classics & Political Theorycum laude2019

    Phi Beta Kappa

    Department Prize for Political Theory