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McKenzie L. Ahmet

Associate

McKenzie L. Ahmet

Associate

[email protected]

Madison 608.258.4319

Practice Areas

Education

University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 2022)
- Managing Editor, Wisconsin Law Review
- Competitor & Coach, University of Wisconsin Law School Moot Court Board
University of Michigan (B.S., 2017)
- Majoring in Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience, as well as English

Admissions

Wisconsin
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin

McKenzie Ahmet is a Labor & Employment associate with Foley & Lardner in the firm’s Madison office. Before joining Foley, McKenzie was a legal research assistant at a small law firm, where she researched trauma and medical issues relevant to birth injury litigation. McKenzie also served as a Project Assistant for the Wisconsin Innocence Project where she conducted legal research on post-conviction proceedings and constitutional issues.

While in law school McKenzie acted as a Managing Editor for the Wisconsin Law Review and participated as both a competitor and a coach on the law school’s Moot Court Board. She received Best Performance awards for the highest grade in courses on Civil Procedure, Evidence, Complex Litigation, Business Organizations, and Federal Jurisdiction. She worked as a summer associate at Foley.

Awards and Recognition

Recipient, Salmon Dalberg Award (2022)
Recipient, Mathys Memorial Award for Appellate Advocacy (2022)

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