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Caitlyn A. Cheleden

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Associate

Chicago

+1 312-558-3745

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Caitlyn advises clients throughout all stages of high-stakes and complex litigation, internal investigations, and government enforcement actions. She has also provided strategic guidance to her clients, including major corporations and financial institutions, related to potential or actual state and federal government investigations and consent order compliance.

Caitlyn is experienced in managing all aspects of litigation and other adverse proceedings, including directing and managing strategic approaches to discovery and investigative requests, drafting dispositive motions, taking and defending depositions, supervising local counsel and discovery counsel, and advising in-house counsel. She has served as lead associate in multiple federal jury trials and has argued motions and examined witnesses in both state and federal courts.

In 2019, Caitlyn received Sanctuary for Families’ Above and Beyond Pro Bono Achievement Award for her dedication and powerful advocacy on behalf of a mother throughout a contentious and complex international abduction case in the Eastern District of New York.

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Litigation/Trials
Class Actions & Group Litigation
Commercial Litigation & Disputes
Government Investigations, Enforcement & Compliance

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Caitlyn earned her J.D. from University of Virginia School of Law in 2018. She received her B.A., magna cum laude and with honors, in the history of art from Vanderbilt University in 2015.

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