Kelli M. Mulder

Partner Litigation

Chicago +1 312 862 2175

Kelli M. Mulder

Overview

Kelli Mulder is a litigation partner in Kirkland’s Chicago office whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including class and collective action lawsuits and mass tort and products liability multi-district litigation. Kelli’s practice also covers employment and other types of discrimination, data breaches, business torts, and private equity litigation. Kelli’s experience includes antitrust and competition matters, government and internal investigations, bankruptcy litigation, and regulatory proceedings. Additionally, Kelli maintains an active pro bono practice.

Government, Regulatory, & Internal Investigation Matters

  • Counsel for KPMG Canada in securities fraud class actions.
  • Counsel for big-four accounting firms in various SEC and PCAOB inquiries.

Healthcare Matters

  • Counsel for major international pharmaceutical manufacturer in numerous litigation and arbitration matters.

Bankruptcy Litigation

  • Twin River Worldwide Holdings — Represented Twin River in shareholder dispute regarding the function of contingent value rights created during restructuring. Prevailed on summary judgment.

Antitrust and Competition Matters

  • Tenneco, Inc. — (DOJ Antitrust). Counsel for Tenneco in connection with a DOJ global investigation concerning multiple automotive suppliers. DOJ granted Tenneco conditional lenience via an agreement under the Antitrust Division’s Corporate Leniency Policy.

Products Liability

  • Gained extensive courtroom experience at trial representing Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company.
  • Counsel for auto manufacturer in products liability/personal injury multi-district litigation and settlements relating to vehicle recalls.

Employment Discrimination

  • Counsel for big-four accounting firm in collective action lawsuit alleging age discrimination in recruiting and hiring.  
  • Counsel for plaintiff in sex discrimination action against former employer.

Law ClerkHonorable Diane S. SykesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit2015–2016

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington D.C., 2012

High School Spanish and English Teacher in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Represented a federal inmate in his criminal appeal.

Represented a state inmate in his criminal appeal.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Note, "Waiting for the Justice League: Motivating Child Welfare Agencies to Save Children," Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 88, 523, 2012

Co-Author with O. Carter Snead & K. Mulder-Westrate, "Autonomy and Individual Responsibility," Handbook of Global Bioethics, 75–83 (Henk ten Have & Bert Gordijn, eds.), 2014

Seminars

Speaker, "Recent Developments in Ethics in the Seventh Circuit," Federal Bar Association, Chicago Chapter, June 2015

Recognition

Recipient, Pro Bono Service Award (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)

Memberships & Affiliations

Member of the Chicago Bar Association

Member of the Appellate Lawyers Association

Member of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2013Illinois
  • 2020Michigan

Courts

  • United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Education

  • Notre Dame Law SchoolJ.D.magna cum laude2013

    Executive Managing Editor, Notre Dame Law Review

    Dean’s Circle Fellow

    Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Program of Study in Law, Ethics, and Public Policy

    American Bar Association-Bloomberg BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Health Law

  • Calvin UniversityB.A., Englishwith Honors2003
    National Merit Finalist and Scholarship Recipient