Shannon Denmark is a litigator with experience at all levels of federal and state courts.
Ms. Denmark has represented both private- and public-sector clients in a broad array of substantive legal areas, including constitutional law, administrative law, election law, and complex commercial litigation. Ms. Denmark has authored briefs before the Supreme Court of the United States, several federal courts of appeals, multiple state supreme courts, and federal and state trial courts. She also has argued in both federal and state appellate courts and participated in both federal- and state-court trials.
Before joining Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, Ms. Denmark served as Deputy Solicitor General of Kansas. Before that, she was a member of the Supreme Court & Appellate group in Latham & Watkins LLP’s Washington D.C. office.
Ms. Denmark served as a law clerk for Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Ms. Denmark earned her law degree from Stanford Law School, where she was President of the Stanford Law Review.
Court Admissions
District of Columbia Bar
Kansas Bar
United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, D.C., and Federal Circuits
United States District Courts for the District of Columbia and District of Kansas
Education
J.D., Stanford Law School, 2017
Gerald Gunther Prizes for Outstanding Performance in Criminal Law, Evidence, Legal Research and Writing, and Property
Hilmer Oehlmann, Jr. Award for Outstanding Performance in Federal Litigation
Stanford Law Review, President
Kirkwood Moot Court Competition, Best Respondent’s Brief
A.B., Government, Harvard College, 2014, cum laude