Kristopher Power Morton

Associate Litigation

New York +1 212 390 4440

Overview

Kristopher Morton is a litigation associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Judicial Law ClerkHonorable N. Randy SmithUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit2019–2020

Judicial Law ClerkHonorable K. Nicole MitchellUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas2018–2019

Legal ExternHonorable Frederick P. CorbitUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of WashingtonAugust 2017–April 2018

Legal InternUnited States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of EnforcementMay 2017–July 2017

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2020, New York
  • 2019, Washington
  • 2015, Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Education

  • Gonzaga University School of LawJ.D.summa cum laude2018

    Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence

    CALI Excellence for the Future Awards

    Executive Editor, Gonzaga Journal of International Law

    President, Gonzaga Intellectual Property Law Association

    Best Oral Argument Team, Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition

  • Washington State UniversityB.S., General Medical Studies2012