Mr Edwin U > Kirkland & Ellis LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Mr Edwin U

+1 202-389-5059 edwin.u@kirkland.com

Position

Edwin U represents clients at trial and in arbitrations throughout the United States, including as lead counsel in the defense of complex commercial litigation as well as class actions and federal multidistrict litigation.

Edwin has been recognized in multiple editions of The Legal 500 U.S. for Litigation. Whether conducting direct and cross-examinations at trial, arguing a case on dispositive motions, or defending a judgment on appeal, he has won commercial, antitrust, environmental, and product liability cases across the country.

Edwin is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and has served as an invited instructor at numerous NITA trial-skills programs.

Education

Harvard Law School, J.D., 1998, cum laude, Articles Editor, Law Review, Senior Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy; Harvard University, A.B., Economics, 1995, magna cum laude, John Harvard Scholar, Harvard College Scholar.