Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kasdin Mitchell is a litigation partner with a focus on complex litigation at the trial and appellate level. She has obtained successful outcomes for clients at all stages of litigation. She has tried several cases to verdict, including serving on the trial team that resulted in a complete defense victory for 3M in one of the bellwether trials in the largest multidistrict litigation in history. She has argued in the Fourth, Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits as well as numerous federal district and state courts, and she has filed appellate briefs in every federal court of appeals except one. Kasdin also has represented numerous clients at the certiorari and merits stage in the U.S. Supreme Court, which recently appointed her to brief and argue a case on the merits in October Term 2025. Her work on other merits cases helped secure a $12 billion victory against the federal government for health insurers, a victory for Facebook in a case limiting liability under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and a victory for a major pipeline company in a case involving the intersection of the federal eminent domain power and the Natural Gas Act. Kasdin’s litigation experience spans a wide range of subject areas, including environmental, energy, securities, contract, tort and constitutional law. Kasdin has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360, the National Law Journal and SuperLawyers. She was a finalist for Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year by the Texas Lawyer, and she was selected to serve on the Law360 Appellate Editorial Advisory Board. Kasdin also serves as a Barrister in the Higginbotham Inn of Court.

Prior to Kirkland, Kasdin served as a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas on the U.S. Supreme Court and to Judge William H. Pryor Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She also served as the Assistant Solicitor General for the State of Alabama. Prior to law school, Kasdin worked as the Assistant Press Secretary to the First Lady at the White House, where she was an on-the-record spokesperson for Mrs. Laura Bush, and in the Office of Fossil Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she worked on issues related to oil, gas and coal.