Judicial Clerkships

Nearly 90 percent of Keker & Van Nest attorneys clerked for federal judges at all levels of the judicial system and all around the country. Clerkships provide invaluable perspective into the judicial system and the opportunity to hone exceptional research and writing skills.

U.S. Supreme Court

Associate Justice Stephen Breyer	Andrew Dawson, 2011-2012
Associate Justice Earl Warren	John Keker, 1970-1971
Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy	Eugene Paige, 2000-2001

U.S. Court of Appeals

1st Circuit
Judge Sandra Lynch	Matan Shacham, 2008-2009
2nd Circuit
Judge José A. Cabranes	Eli Ewing, 2008-2009
Judge Richard J. Cardamone	Rebekah Punak, 2006-2007
Judge James L. Oakes	Jo Golub, 2005-2006
3rd Circuit
Judge Theodore A. McKee	Khari Tillery, 2003-2004
Judge Marjorie O. Rendell	Benjamin Berkowitz, 2005-2006
6th Circuit
Judge Ronald L. Gilman	Michael Celio, 1998-1999
Judge Damon J. Keith	Savala Nolan, 2011-2012
7th Circuit
Judge David F. Hamilton	Corey Johanningmeier, 2011-2012
Judge Richard A. Posner	Thomas Gorman, 2010-2011
Judge Richard A. Posner	Jeffrey Chanin, 1981-1982
Judge Diane P. Wood	Benita Brahmbhatt , 2010-2011
8th Circuit
Judge James B. Loken	Paven Malhotra, 2005-2006
9th Circuit
Judge Marsha Berzon	Ajay Krishnan, 2003-2004
Judge William C. Canby, Jr.	Simona Agnolucci, 2006-2007
Judge William C. Canby, Jr.	William Hicks, 2006-2007
Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez	Asim Bhansali, 1996-1997
Judge Betty B. Fletcher	Shilpi Agarwal, 2010-2011
Judge William A. Fletcher	Andrew Dawson, 2008-2009
Judge Procter Hug, Jr.	Matthew Werdegar, 1999-2000
Judge Alex Kozinski	Eugene Paige, 1998-1999
Judge M. Margaret McKeown	Abhishek Bajoria, 2011-2012
Judge Mary H. Murguia	Kate Lazarus, 2011-2012
Judge John T. Noonan	Elizabeth McCloskey, 2011-2012
Judge John T. Noonan	Nikki Vo, 2007-2008
Judge Mary M. Schroeder	Sharif Jacob, 2007-2008
Judge A. Wallace Tashima	Katherine Lovett, 2011-2012
Judge Sidney R. Thomas	Lisa Ehrlich, 2009-2010
Judge Sidney R. Thomas	Audrey Walton-Hadlock, 2005-2006
Judge Kim M. Wardlaw	Warren Braunig, 2005-2006
10th Circuit
Judge Mary Beck Briscoe	Justina Kahn Sessions, 2010-2011
Judge Robert H. Henry	Eli Ewing, 2007-2008
Judge William J. Holloway, Jr.	Stacy Chen, 2010-2011
Judge Monroe G. McKay	Daniel Gordon, 2010-2011
District of Columbia Circuit
Judge Harry T. Edwards	Jon Streeter, 1982-1983
Judge Roger Robb	Stuart Gasner, 1981-1982
Federal Circuit
Judge Sharon Prost	Matthias Kamber, 2003-2004

U.S. District Courts

Arizona District Court
Judge Frederick J. Martone	Kate Lazarus, 2010-2011
Alabama Middle District
Judge Myron H. Thompson	Brook Dooley, 2003-2004
California Central District
Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank	Elizabeth McCloskey, 2010-2011
Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw	R. James Slaughter, 1996-1997
California Eastern District
Judge Lawrence K. Karlton	Quyen Ta, 2004-2005
Judge David F. Levi	Adam Lauridsen , 2006-200, ,,, 2006-2007
Judge David F. Levi	Daniel Purcell, 1998-1999
California Northern District
Judge William Alsup	Ryan Wong, 2009-2010
Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong	Benedict Hur, 2004-2005
Judge Charles Breyer	Lisa Ehrlich, 2011-2012
Judge Charles Breyer	Andrew Dawson, 2009-2010
Judge Samuel L. Conti	Eric MacMichael, 2003-2004
Judge Samuel L. Conti	Steven Taylor, 2000-2001
Judge Susan Illston	Chris Young, 2012
Judge Martin J. Jenkins	Khari Tillery, 2002-2003
Judge Martin J. Jenkins	R. James Slaughter, 1997-1998
Judge D. Lowell Jensen	Paula Blizzard, 1999-2000
Judge D. Lowell Jensen	Matthew Werdegar, 1998-1999
Judge William H. Orrick	Robert Van Nest, 1978-1979
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel	Abhishek Bajoria, 2007-2008, 2010
Judge Robert F. Peckham	Susan Harriman, 1984-1985
Judge William F. Schwarzer	Adam Lauridsen, 2005-2006
Judge William F. Schwarzer	Jan Little, 1981-1982
Judge Richard Seeborg	David Rizk, 2011-2012
Judge Claudia Wilken	Michael Kwun, 1999-2000
California Southern District
Judge Marilyn Huff	John Bostic, 2008-2009
Judge Judith N. Keep	David Silbert, 1995-1996
Chief Judge Ted Moskowitz	Ben Rothstein, 2011-2012
Judge Dana M. Sabraw	Nikki Vo, 2006-2007
District of Columbia
Judge Henry H. Kennedy	Ashok Ramani, 1999-2000
Louisiana Eastern District
Judge Veronica D. Wicker	Brian Ferrall, 1991-1992
Massachusetts District Court
Judge Patti B. Saris	Erin Meyer, 2009-2011
Michigan Western District
Judge Robert J. Jonker	Reid Mullen, 2008-2009
New York Eastern District
Judge I. Leo Glasser	Steven Hirsch, 1988-1989
Judge Edward R. Korman	Andrew Levine, 2008-2009
New York Southern District
Judge Barbara S. Jones	Tia Sherringham, 2009-2010
Judge Whitman Knapp	Elliot Peters, 1985-1986
Okalahoma Northern District
Judge Claire V. Eagan	Justina Kahn Sessions, 2009-2010
Pennsylvania Eastern District
Judge Bruce W. Kaufman	Laurie Mims, 2002-2003
Judge Louis H. Pollak	Audrey Walton-Hadlock, 2004-2005
Texas Northern District
Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham	Jeffrey Chanin, 1980-1981
Texas Southern District
Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore	Jo Golub, 2003-2005
Judge Keith P. Ellison	Shilpi Agarwal, 2009-2010
Virginia Eastern District
Judge J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr.	Christopher Kearney, 1985-1986
Washington Western District
Judge James L. Robart	Jennifer Huber, 2006-2007