Jackie O'Brien joined Bartlit Beck following clerkships with Judge John J. Tharp Jr. of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and Judge Michael Y. Scudder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Jackie is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. 

Education & Honors

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, 2023, J.D., summa cum laude 

John Paul Stevens Prize for Academic Excellence (First in Class) 

Order of the Coif 

Leigh B. Bienen Prize 

Kirkland & Ellis Scholar 

Arlyn Miner Book Award

Editor-in-Chief, Northwestern Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 

Williams Jennings Bryan Award (Julius H. Miner Moot Court Winner) 

University of Notre Dame, 2020, B.A., magna cum laude 

Clerkships

  • Honorable Michael Y. Scudder, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2024-2025
  • Honorable John J. Tharp, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2023-2024

Admissions

  • Illinois 
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 
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