Kavitha Babu

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Babu, Kavitha

kavitha.babu@lw.com

+1.312.777.7163

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Kavitha Babu is an associate in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins.

Kavitha represents clients on a broad range of corporate matters.

She earned her JD from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as a Notes Editor on the Michigan Law Review. Kavitha also served as a student attorney in both the Community Enterprise Clinic and the Human Trafficking Clinic, where she advised a variety of small, local businesses and survivors of human trafficking, respectively.

Prior to joining Latham, Kavitha served as a paralegal for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

Illinois

Education

JD, University of Michigan Law School, 2025
cum laude
BA in Political Science and Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 2021
with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa

Languages Spoken

English
Tamil

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