Nicole Welindt

Nicole Welindt

Associate, Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation

Bio

Nicole Welindt is a Supreme Court and appellate advocate whose work spans a range of substantive areas, including arbitration, constitutional law, statutory construction, employment law, and preemption.

Before joining Skadden, Ms. Welindt was a fellow in the California Department of Justice’s Office of the Solicitor General, where she worked on cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court, and other appellate courts. She also argued appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the California Court of Appeal.

Ms. Welindt clerked for the Hon. M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the Hon. Gary Feinerman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., Stanford Law School, 2019 (Notes Editor, Stanford Law Review)
  • B.A., Pomona College, 2014 (magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa)

Admissions

  • California

Experience

  • Earl Warren Fellow, Office of the Solicitor General, State of California Department of Justice (2021-23)
  • Law Clerk, Hon. M. Margaret McKeown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2020-21)
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Gary Feinerman, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2019-20)

Nicole Welindt

Associate, Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation
nicole.welindt@skadden.com