Rachel Rein

Associate Litigation

Chicago +1 312 862 4979

Overview

Rachel Rein is a litigation associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Rachel has experience drafting dispositive motions, coordinating discovery and drafting discovery motions, and preparing expert testimony for trial across state and federal courts.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Rachel was involved in the following representative matters:

  • A pharmaceutical company in the successful defense of claims filed in the Southern District of New York related to disclosures about its pivotal trial.

Judicial ClerkHonorable Robert J. LuckUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit2025–2026

Judicial ClerkHonorable Roy K. AltmanUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida2024–2025

Associate, Sidley Austin LLP

Prior to joining Kirkland, Rachel was involved in the following pro bono matters:

  • Promoted First Amendment rights as amici in a high-profile “drag ban” appeal and assisted families applying for asylum.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Co-Author, “Michigan No Longer a Safe Haven for Pharmaceutical Companies?” Life Science Leader, 2024

Co-Author, “The Legal Environment for IVF and Other Assistive Reproductive Technology After Alabama’s Supreme Court and Legislative Decisions,” Pharmaceutical Executive, 2024

Memberships & Affiliations

Volunteer, Human Trafficking Legal Center

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2022Illinois

Courts

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Education

  • Columbia Law SchoolJ.D.2022

    James Kent Scholar

    Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar

    Parker School Award

    Managing Submissions Editor, Columbia Journal of Gender and Law

    Teaching Assistant, Professors Elizabeth Emens (Contracts), Jane Ginsburg (Statutory Drafting & Interpretation) and Peter Strauss (Legal Methods)

    Research Assistant, Professors Mark Barenberg and Elizabeth Emens 

    Williams Institute Moot Court

  • University of Texas at AustinB.A., Plan II Honors & Psychologywith Honors2017