Xiaorui Yang
Associate Litigation
Overview
Xiaorui /shaw-ray/ Yang is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Formerly a senior international legal consultant in Kirkland’s Shanghai office, Xiaorui rejoined the Firm after obtaining his U.S. J.D. degree from Northwestern Law and clerking for Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld of the Ninth Circuit. While with Kirkland’s Asia team, Xiaorui developed substantial experience in cross-border litigation, internal investigations, and compliance counselling. Xiaorui has passed the Chinese bar exam and is an Information Privacy Professional certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Experience
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ClerkHonorable Andrew J. KleinfeldUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit2022–2023
Prior Experience
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, Shanghai, 2016–2019
More
Thought Leadership
Co-author, “Practical Prescriptions for Incident Response and Preparedness in Health Care,” New York Law Journal, 2024
Co-author, “The Counter-Reformation of American Administrative Law,” 58 Wake Forest Law Review 387, 2023
Memberships & Affiliations
Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US)
Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2024District of Columbia
- 2022Illinois
Courts
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Languages
- English
- Mandarin
- French
Education
- Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.cum laude2022Articles Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
- University of Hong KongJ.D.2016
- Zhejiang UniversityBachelor of Law in Sociology2014
Other Distinctions
PRC, Legal Professional Qualification