Brian Uhler

Associate Litigation

Washington, D.C. +1 202 389 3752

Overview

Brian Uhler is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He previously served as a law clerk to Judge Cory T. Wilson on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Judge Steven C. Seeger on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Judicial ClerkHonorable Cory T. WilsonUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit2025–2026

Judicial ClerkHonorable Steven C. SeegerUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois2024–2025

Judicial ExternHonorable Christina A. SnyderUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaSummer 2022

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Author, “Eighth Amendment ‘Punishment:’ The Original Meaning and Overdetention Claims,” Arizona State Law Journal (forthcoming 2027)

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2026District of Columbia
  • 2025New York

Education

  • Columbia Law SchoolJ.D.2024

    James Kent Scholar

    Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar

  • University of ChicagoB.A., Philosophy & Political Sciencecum laude2021