Maria Kearns-Galeano

Associate Litigation

Washington, D.C. +1 202 389 3323

Maria Kearns-Galeano

Overview

Maria Kearns-Galeano is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Legal InternOffice of the New York State Attorney General

Legal InternEssex County District Attorney's Office

Student Attorney, The Cornell Law School First Amendment Clinic

Student Attorney, The Cornell Law School Securities Law Clinic

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Represented multiple journalists and media companies seeking to obtain records from government entities.

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Recognition

Winner, Louis Kaiser Brief Competition

Quaterfinalist, Cuccia Moot Court Competition, 2022

Teaching Assistant, Professor Dawn Chutkow, Constitutional Politics Class

Research Assistant, Professors John H. Blume and Keir Weyble

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2023District of Columbia

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Education

  • Cornell Law SchoolJ.D.2023

    Dean's List

    CALI Award for Cornell's Securities Law Clinic

    Symposium Editor, NYU Journal of Law and Liberty

  • Harvard University Extension SchoolMaster of Liberal Arts, Journalism2020
  • Worcester State UniversityB.A., Communication; Spanish Minorsumma cum laude2017

    Dean’s List

    Lambda Pi Eta, Communications Honors Society