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Payvand Ahdout
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW
Expertise
- Appeals & Appellate
- Criminal Law
- Constitutional Law
- Federal Courts
- Federalism
- Separation of powers
- Supreme Court
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
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- 2nd Circuit
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- 5th Circuit
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- 6th Circuit
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- 11th Circuit
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Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of Law
- THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW
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- Of Counsel
- KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
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- Associate, January 2017 – January 2019
- Academic Fellow, Columbia Fellow
- COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL
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- Research Fellow
- NYU SCHOOL OF LAW
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- HON. RUTH BADER GINSBURG
- SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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- Bristow Fellow
- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL
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- HON. DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON
- U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT
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- Law Clerk
- WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ
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- Summer Associate, May 2012 – August 2012
Education
- Columbia Law School
- J.D. (2013)
- Honors: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize for outstanding academic achievement in all three years; James Kent Scholar for outstanding academic achievement (2010–13); Wilfred Feinberg Prize for academic excellence in an area related to federal courts; Federal Courts, Best in Class Award; Iranian American Bar Association Scholarship Recipient .
- Activities: Columbia Law Review Vols. 112, 113; Columbia Law Student Senate
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- University of Virginia
- B.A. (2010) | Economics and Government
- Honors: Highest Distinction
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Professional Associations
- New York State Bar
- Member
- Current
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- The Appellate Project
- Mentor & Clerkship Committee Member
- Current
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- Jefferson Scholars Foundation, National Selection Committee
- Current
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- Jefferson Scholars Foundation, Regional Selection Committee (New York City)
- Current
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