Kelsey Shaw Lombardi

Associate Litigation

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Kelsey Shaw Lombardi

Overview

Kelsey Shaw Lombardi is a litigation associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on congressional, governmental and regulatory investigations, as well as complex commercial litigation in federal court.

Judicial ClerkHonorable Thomas L. Kirsch IIUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit2022–2023

Judicial ExternHonorable John Robert BlakeyUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois2019

Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2021–2022

PILI Fellow, ACLU of Illinois, Summer 2021

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Summer 2020

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2021Illinois

Education

  • University of Illinois College of LawJ.D.summa cum laude2021

    Order of the Coif

    Managing Notes Editor, University of Illinois Law Review

    Rickert Award, Excellence in Academic Achievement & Legal Writing, 2021

    Paul M. Lisnek Award, Excellence in Trial Advocacy, 2020

    Member, University of Illinois College of Law Trial & Negotiation Teams

    13-time Recipient, CALI Excellence for the Future Awards

  • Indiana UniversityB.F.A., Musical Theatrewith High Distinction2015