CHRISTI GUERRINI

Career Highlights
Christi has wide-ranging experience in intellectual property and complex commercial litigation.  After graduating from Harvard Law School, Christi began her legal career in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.  During her tenure at K&E, Christi litigated patent, trademark, contract and class action disputes across a spectrum of industries, including robotics, medical devices, gaming, transportation, and utilities.  She obtained extensive experience in motion practice (pre-trial and post-trial), discovery, mediation, and settlement at both the state and federal levels.  Christi also served as a full-time instructor at Brooklyn Law School, where she taught patent law, legal research and writing, and oral advocacy.  

Education and Professional Background
Brooklyn Law School (Instructor of Law, 2005-2007)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP (2001-2005)
J.D., Harvard Law School (2001)
Notes Editor, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
Co-editor, Legal Developments, Journal of Law, Medicine &
Ethics
B.A., Highest Honors, University of Virginia (1998)
Phi Beta Kappa, Echols Scholar, Lawn Resident
University of London (1997)
Gerace Research Center, San Salvador (1996) 

Admissions & Affiliations
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
State Bar of Illinois
American Bar Association 
State Bar of Texas

Articles & Presentations
Avoidable Due Process Confusion: Special Use Hearings in Illinois After Klaeren, 39 J. Marshall L.R. 609 (2004) (co-author with James Munson)

The Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (Baltimore, MD July 2006): A Holistic Approach to Use Infringement of Inclusive Inventions 

Community
Child Advocate, Harris County
Houston Heights Association
University of Virginia, Class of 1998 Trustee