Usama M. Ibrahim is a litigation associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on complex trial and appellate litigation.
Experience
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial Law ClerkHonorable Sarah L. CaveUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judicial Law ClerkHonorable Dana M. SabrawUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California
Judicial ExternHonorable Matthew F. KennellyUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Prior Experience
PILI Fellow, Legal Aid Chicago, 2020
Student Attorney, Carter G. Phillips Center for Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, 2019–2020
Coles Fellow, State of Illinois Human Rights Commission, 2018
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2021Illinois
2022District of Columbia
Courts
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Languages
English
Arabic
Education
Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.2020
Dean’s List
Class of 2020 Courage Award
Class of 2020 Public Service Star
Theresa D. Cropper Diversity & Inclusion Award
Notes Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
University of Illinois at ChicagoB.S., Neuroscience; B.A., Political Sciencemagna cum laude2017
Phi Beta Kappa
Chancellor's Student Service Award
Jane Addams Distinguished Award
Activities Honorary Society
Eugertha Bates Memorial Award
Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Scholarship
