Karla V. Mardueño

Associate Litigation

Chicago +1 312 862 3949

Overview

Karla Mardueño is a litigation associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Judicial ExternHonorable Andrea R. Wood

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Karla V. Mardueño, Fostered or Forgotten? Leveling the Playing Field for Foster Youth Aging Out of the Foster Care System, 62 How. L.J. 989 (2019).

Recognition

2019 PILI Fellow, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund)

Memberships & Affiliations

The Posse Foundation

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2019Illinois

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Education

  • Howard University School of LawJ.D.cum laude2019

    Pro Bono Distinction

    Editor-in-Chief, Howard Law Journal

    Student Attorney for the Family Justice & Child Welfare Clinic

  • Trinity CollegeB.A., Public Policy and Law; Writing, Rhetoric and Media Arts Minor2015

    Posse Foundation Scholar

    University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, S.A., 2014