Kellogg Hansen specializes in complex trial and appellate litigation. Our lawyers have extensive experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in trials and appeals throughout the United States. We pride ourselves on the exceptional results we achieve for our clients.

Kellogg Hansen’s lawyers possess outstanding credentials. Nearly all of our partners and associates graduated from top-tier law schools and served as law clerks for federal judges; more than a dozen clerked for Justices of the United States Supreme Court. Many of our lawyers have held significant positions in the federal government. Our lawyers have successfully litigated dozens of trials and appeals for our clients.

Kellogg Hansen’s expertise includes complex commercial litigation, Supreme Court and appellate litigation, governmental investigations and white-collar criminal defense, intellectual property litigation, and telecommunications law.

Kellogg Hansen hires only the most talented and motivated lawyers to join us in our fast-paced and challenging practice. Our philosophy is to offer new associates significant responsibility from the outset of their careers.

Alex A. Parkinson

Associate

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Alex Parkinson first joined Kellogg Hansen as an associate in 2017. He then served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He has also served as a law clerk to Judge Robert D. Sack on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Parkinson rejoined the firm as an associate in 2019. He represents clients in complex commercial litigation, with particular experience in antitrust, telecommunications, and international arbitration.

Mr. Parkinson graduated with high honors from The University of Chicago Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of The University of Chicago Law Review. He earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University.

Publications

Article, Class Actions as Firms, 2017 Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 740

Comment, Comcast Corp. v. Behrend and Chaos on the Ground, 81 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1213 (2014)

Article, Taxing Class Size, 69 DePaul L. Rev. 1 (forthcoming)

Article, Behavioral Class Action Law, 65 U.C.L.A. L. Rev. 1090 (2018)

Education

University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with High Honors, 2015

Editor-in-Chief, The University of Chicago Law Review, 2014-2015
Order of the Coif
Kirkland & Ellis Scholar
Hinton Moot Court Champion, 2014-2015

Harvard University, B.A., 2011

Clerkship

Law Clerk, Judge Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 2018-2019

Law Clerk, Judge Robert D. Sack, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2016-2017