Heather K. Afra
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Practice Areas
- Litigation
Education
- Stanford Law School (J.D., 2010)
- University of Chicago (B.A., 2006)
Admissions
- 2010 State Bar of California
- 2011 State of Illinois
- 2014 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- 2020 U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Heather Afra concentrates her practice in complex civil and commercial litigation. She has represented plaintiffs and defendants, ranging from individuals to multinational corporations, in diverse areas of practice, including civil rights, fraud, and government investigations.
She began her legal career after law school as a litigation associate at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP. As a law student, she interned for the Health, Education and Welfare Section of the California Attorney General’s Office. Prior to law school, she served as Chief Research Assistant to the Honorable Richard A. Posner and Professor Williams M. Landes at the University of Chicago Law School.
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