Calen A. Bennett

Associate Litigation

Miami +1 305 432 5627

Overview

Calen Bennett is a litigation associate in Kirkland’s Miami office.

Assistant United States AttorneyUnited States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, Criminal Division2023–2024

Judicial ClerkHonorable John D. CourielFlorida Supreme Court2022–2023

Judicial ExternHonorable Gonzalo P. CurielUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

  • Litigation Associate, 2021–2022
  • Summer Associate, 2020

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Co-Author, “Adult Supervision? Appellate Review, Mandamus, and the Federal Rules in Multidistrict Litigation,” Florida State University Law Review, vol. 50, 2023

Author, “County of San Mateo v. Chevron and City of Oakland v. BP: Are State Nuisance Claims for Climate-Change Damage Removable?,” Ecology Law Quarterly, vol. 46, 2019

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2022Florida
  • 2021California

Courts

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D.2021

    Associate Editor, California Law Review

    Executive Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly

  • University of the Arts London, London College of CommunicationM.A., Photography2017
  • University of FloridaB.A., Art History; Business Administration Minorcum laude2015