JustinGillette

Associate

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Chicago

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Justin Gillette

Associate

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Office

Chicago

Phone

+1 312 840 7235


Justin helps clients with their litigation needs. He leverages his extensive training in trial advocacy to deliver results at all phases of litigation. He also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on election law, prisoner civil-rights, and wrongful convictions.

Before joining Jenner & Block and while at Harvard Law School, Justin was an Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law and Policy Review, a student attorney in the Election Law Clinic, and a research assistant to Professor Lawrence Lessig. Prior to law school while earning a Master of Public Policy, Justin worked at an international human-rights law firm in Paris.

Credentials

  • Illinois, 2023

  • Harvard Law School, JD, 2023
  • Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, MPP, Sciences Po Paris, 2020
  • Washington and Lee University, BA, with honors in Philosophy, 2018

  • US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2025
  • US District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2025

  • Hon. Michael H. Watson, US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2024-2025

Justin helps clients with their litigation needs. He leverages his extensive training in trial advocacy to deliver results at all phases of litigation. He also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on election law, prisoner civil-rights, and wrongful convictions.

Before joining Jenner & Block and while at Harvard Law School, Justin was an Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law and Policy Review, a student attorney in the Election Law Clinic, and a research assistant to Professor Lawrence Lessig. Prior to law school while earning a Master of Public Policy, Justin worked at an international human-rights law firm in Paris.

  • Illinois, 2023

  • Harvard Law School, JD, 2023
  • Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, MPP, Sciences Po Paris, 2020
  • Washington and Lee University, BA, with honors in Philosophy, 2018

  • US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2025
  • US District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2025

  • Hon. Michael H. Watson, US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2024-2025

Overview

Justin helps clients with their litigation needs. He leverages his extensive training in trial advocacy to deliver results at all phases of litigation. He also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on election law, prisoner civil-rights, and wrongful convictions.

Before joining Jenner & Block and while at Harvard Law School, Justin was an Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law and Policy Review, a student attorney in the Election Law Clinic, and a research assistant to Professor Lawrence Lessig. Prior to law school while earning a Master of Public Policy, Justin worked at an international human-rights law firm in Paris.

Credentials

Admissions

  • Illinois, 2023

Education

  • Harvard Law School, JD, 2023
  • Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, MPP, Sciences Po Paris, 2020
  • Washington and Lee University, BA, with honors in Philosophy, 2018

Court Admissions

  • US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2025
  • US District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2025

Clerkships

  • Hon. Michael H. Watson, US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2024-2025

Justin helps clients with their litigation needs. He leverages his extensive training in trial advocacy to deliver results at all phases of litigation. He also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on election law, prisoner civil-rights, and wrongful convictions.

Before joining Jenner & Block and while at Harvard Law School, Justin was an Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law and Policy Review, a student attorney in the Election Law Clinic, and a research assistant to Professor Lawrence Lessig. Prior to law school while earning a Master of Public Policy, Justin worked at an international human-rights law firm in Paris.

Credentials

  • Illinois, 2023

  • Harvard Law School, JD, 2023
  • Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, MPP, Sciences Po Paris, 2020
  • Washington and Lee University, BA, with honors in Philosophy, 2018

  • US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2025
  • US District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2025

  • Hon. Michael H. Watson, US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2024-2025

Justin helps clients with their litigation needs. He leverages his extensive training in trial advocacy to deliver results at all phases of litigation. He also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on election law, prisoner civil-rights, and wrongful convictions.

Before joining Jenner & Block and while at Harvard Law School, Justin was an Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law and Policy Review, a student attorney in the Election Law Clinic, and a research assistant to Professor Lawrence Lessig. Prior to law school while earning a Master of Public Policy, Justin worked at an international human-rights law firm in Paris.

  • Illinois, 2023

  • Harvard Law School, JD, 2023
  • Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, MPP, Sciences Po Paris, 2020
  • Washington and Lee University, BA, with honors in Philosophy, 2018

  • US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2025
  • US District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2025

  • Hon. Michael H. Watson, US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2024-2025

Overview

Justin helps clients with their litigation needs. He leverages his extensive training in trial advocacy to deliver results at all phases of litigation. He also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on election law, prisoner civil-rights, and wrongful convictions.

Before joining Jenner & Block and while at Harvard Law School, Justin was an Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law and Policy Review, a student attorney in the Election Law Clinic, and a research assistant to Professor Lawrence Lessig. Prior to law school while earning a Master of Public Policy, Justin worked at an international human-rights law firm in Paris.

Credentials

Admissions

  • Illinois, 2023

Education

  • Harvard Law School, JD, 2023
  • Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, MPP, Sciences Po Paris, 2020
  • Washington and Lee University, BA, with honors in Philosophy, 2018

Court Admissions

  • US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2025
  • US District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2023
  • US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2025

Clerkships

  • Hon. Michael H. Watson, US District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2024-2025