Ellen Baron is a litigation associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, including multidistrict litigations and antitrust matters.
Experience
Representative Matters
In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico: Representing BP in a portfolio of personal injury lawsuits pending in federal court.
In re Diisocyanates Antitrust Litigation: Representing The Dow Chemical Company in an antitrust conspiracy case pending in federal court in Pennsylvania alleging an agreement among defendants to manipulate the prices of certain chemicals.
In re Juul Labs Marketing & Products Liability Litigation (N.D. Cal.): Counsel in MDL and related state cases brought by Attorneys General and municipalities alleging personal injury and economic damages related to e-cigarette product and marketing.
Clerk & Government Experience
Legal ExternCommodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement2019
Senator Dianne Feinstein, Washington, D.C.United States Senate2015–2018
Senator Jeff Merkley, Washington, D.C.United States Senate2012–2015
Prior Experience
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2020
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2021Illinois
Education
Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.cum laude2021
Order of the Coif
Online Articles Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
Bartlit Center for Trial Advocacy National Trial Team
University of Southern CaliforniaB.A., International Relationsmagna cum laude2011
