Stephen M. Rees

Associate Litigation

Chicago +1 312 862 3389

Overview

Stephen M. Rees is a litigation associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Confidential Arbitration: Represented a global technology company in significant arbitration involving an IT/contract dispute. The company was awarded the full amount of its damage claim, plus millions in pre-judgment interest.

Judicial ClerkHonorable Judge Matthew F. LeitmanUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan2019–2020

Judicial InternHonorable Joan B. GottschallSummer 2017

PILI Fellow, Legal Aid Chicago, Summer 2019

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Summer 2018

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2020Illinois

Courts

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Education

  • University of Michigan Law SchoolJ.D.cum laude, with Honors2019

    Executive Editor, Michigan Law Review

    Third Place and Best Brief Award (semifinal round), Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition

  • Northwestern UniversityB.A., American Studies & Legal Studieswith Honors2014