Stephen C. Mouritsen

Stephen Mouritsen is a litigation partner in the Salt Lake City office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on securities litigation. He has experience with a wide variety of securities-related matters, including securities fraud litigation, securities-related arbitration, and state and federal securities investigations. He also has significant experience with a variety of corporate and commercial disputes, as well as corporate restructuring litigation.

With a background in linguistics, Stephen has also written extensively on the intersection between law and language. His writing has appeared in the Chicago Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, the Washington Law Review, and the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, and has been cited by judges on the United States Supreme Court, various federal appellate and state supreme courts, and the Congressional Research Service’s report on Statutory Interpretation.