Kayla Crowell represents clients in all facets of commercial litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Kayla served as a law clerk to Judge Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and Judge Richard A. Paez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Kayla earned her law degree from Yale Law School, where she was a practical scholarship editor for Yale Law Journal and features editor for Yale Journal of International Law. She also worked as a legal intern for the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Kayla earned her bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in Romance Languages from the University of Georgia. Before beginning her legal career, she taught English in Thailand and worked as a legal assistant at an immigration law firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Kayla speaks French and Spanish.
We are now more than four months into the second Trump administration. In that time, the administration has sought to enact seismic changes throughout government, including at the U.S. Department of Justice. With regard to white collar enforcement trends, a few early expectations have materialized. But as to many others, the Trump administration clearly defied initial predictions as to the degree or nature of certain policy shifts. Read more
In an article for Law360, Keker attorneys Brook Dooley, Cody Gray, and Kayla Crowell analyze factors bearing on Trump’s ability to affect the U.S. Department of Justice’s day-to-day operations and preview for white-collar practitioners some of the administration’s likely enforcement priorities. Read more
How White Collar Enforcement May Shift in Trump's 2nd Term, Daily Journal, 2024, co-authored with Brook Dooley and Cody Gray