Overview
Kim Ortleb is an Associate Attorney in the firm’s Business Litigation group. Before joining the firm, Kim clerked in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. As a law clerk, Kim gained significant trial and appellate experience, including a six-week fraud trial involving seven defendants and appeals involving complex constitutional and statutory issues. She also worked on habeas petitions and a class action related to Operation Metro Surge.
Kim graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2023. During law school, she worked at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of Management and Budget, and Midwest Environmental Advocates. Kim also externed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Before law school, Kim graduated from the University of Texas with degrees in government and chemistry, worked at an environmental nonprofit as a grassroots organizer, and interned in the Texas House of Representatives.
Credentials
Education
- University of Minnesota, Order of the Coif, Dean Distinguished Scholarship (2023); Minnesota Law Review, Managing Editor (2022-2023), Staff Editor (2021-2022)
- University of Texas, B.S.A. in Chemistry and B.A. in Government, Distinguished College Scholar, Dean’s Honor List (2020)
Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
