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Lisa Huestis

Lisa A. Huestis
Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Director, International Team Projects

Phone: (312) 503-8445
E-mail: l-huestis@law.northwestern.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Lisa Huestis is the Director of the International Team Project program and teaches the Judicial Law Clerk Practicum and the Criminal Law Practicum. Prior to joining the faculty, Ms. Huestis was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Ms. Huestis investigated and prosecuted hundreds of criminal cases, specializing in the areas of financial fraud, public corruption, commodities and securities fraud, tax fraud and healthcare fraud. She also regularly represented the United States before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Ms. Huestis began her career as a law clerk for the Honorable Thomas C. Platt and as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Criminal Procedure
  • Federal Courts
  • Trial Advocacy

EDUCATION

  • BA, Hamilton College (Kirkland College)
  • JD, magna cum laude, Brooklyn Law School

PRIOR APPOINTMENTS

  • Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois
  • Attorney, Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Thomas C. Platt Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
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