Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Leslie Smith is a litigation partner and was a long-time member of the Firm’s Global Management Committee. She concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial, class action and product liability litigation. In 2017 she was selected to the Crain’s Chicago Business “Most Influential Women Lawyers in Chicago” list.

Keystone board member, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab; board member, executive committee and secretary, Metropolitan Family Services; board member, Legal Aid Society.

Georgetown University, BA, 1984. Georgetown University Law Center, JD, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1987.