Manuela Burek is a litigation and trial associate in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice group.

Prior to joining Latham, Manuela earned her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

While in law school, Manuela served as a Judicial Extern for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She also served as an Executive Articles Editor for the Chicago-Kent Law Review, an associate editor for the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property, and Vice President of the Moot Court Honor Society. Additionally, Manuela worked as a teaching assistant for upper legal writing courses.

Bar Qualification

  • Illinois

Education

  • JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2024
    magna cum laude
  • BS in Physics, Illinois State University, 2021
    cum laude
  • BS in Bioengineering, University of Illinois Chicago, 2021
    summa cum laude

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Polish