Michael Truett Wester

Associate Investment Funds

Chicago +1 312-862-2985

Michael Truett Wester

Practices

Overview

Michael Wester is a corporate associate in the Investment Funds Group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Huron Capital Partners in the formation of $142 million The Huron Flex Equity Fund, L.P.

Marlin Equity Partners in the formation of its $2.5 billion Marlin Equity V and its $750 million Marlin Heritage II.

Huron Capital Partners in the formation of $550 million The Huron Fund V L.P.

Summer ClerkChief Justice Catherine D. PerryUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Deloitte Tax, LLP

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Thought Leadership

Publications 

"Drawing a Line Between Rambo & Barney Fife: Overhauling the Department of Defense’s Excess Property Program in Order to Halt the Overmilitarization of America’s Police Forces," University of Illinois Law Review, 729, 2016

"Putting a Stop to New-Age Revenge: In the Age of Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat, Privacy is Still Fundamental," University Of Illinois Journal Of Law, Technology & Policy, May 2014

Memberships & Affiliations

American Bar Association

Chicago Bar Association

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2015Illinois

Education

  • University of Illinois College of LawJ.D.magna cum laude2015

    University of Illinois Law Review

    Associate Editor, Elder Law Journal

  • St. Louis UniversityB.S., Business Administrationcum laude2012