Karla V. Mardueño is a senior associate in the firm's Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group. She represents employers in a range of employment-related matters and draws on her litigation background to advise clients in complex disputes, internal investigations and regulatory matters. She also has experience handling immigration and other pro bono matters and is fluent in Spanish.
During law school, she served as editor-in-chief of the Howard Law Journal and was a student attorney in the Child Welfare & Family Justice Clinic.
Admissions
- Illinois
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Senior Associate, 2026-present - Latham & Watkins LLP
- Litigation Associate, 2021-2026 - Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Litigation Associate, 2019-2021 - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
- Public Interest Law Initiative Fellow, 2019
Education
- Howard University School of Law, J.D., 2019
- Trinity College, B.A., 2015
Language Skill
- Spanish



