Overview

Vanessa Di Feo is a commercial litigation associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.  Her practice focuses on complex civil litigation and arbitration nationwide and internationally, including contract disputes, employment and workplace compliance, securities and other commercial matters.

Vanessa also maintains a pro bono practice, volunteering in family court and providing free legal services as part of the VOLS Incarcerated Mothers Law Project.

Before joining Kirkland, Vanessa served as a law clerk to the Honorable Justice Johanne Gauthier of the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal.

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2023, New York
  • 2022, Ontario, Canada

Courts

  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Italian

Education

  • McGill UniversityB.C.L./J.D.2020

    Dean's Honor List, Top 6%

    Elizabeth L. Thomson International Experience Award

    Managing Editor, McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution

    Editor-in-Chief, Contours: Voices of Women in Law

  • University of TorontoLL.M., Business Law2021

    Highest Standing

    Graduate Fellow

    CIBPA Foundation Merit Scholarship

    Senior Editor, Critical Analysis of Law: International and Interdisciplinary Law Review

  • Laurentian UniversityB.A., Theater Arts (Performance & History Concentrations)magna cum laude2015

    Graduating Student Recognition Award

    Dean's List

    Fouriezos Prize for Highest Standing in Fine Arts Programs