Renee Knudsen is a legal strategist and litigator who advises clients on complex questions at the appellate and trial levels. She has experience in nearly every federal court of appeals and has represented clients and amici curiae at every level of the federal judiciary.
She regularly plays a significant role in researching and drafting motions for summary judgment, post-judgment motions, opening briefs on appeal and replies. A member of the Appellate and Major Motions practice group, Renee regularly works with practice groups across the firm. Her substantive experience includes commercial litigation, environmental law, patent litigation, labor law and constitutional issues.
Before joining BakerHostetler, Renee served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Leslie Southwick on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and for Judge Claude Hilton on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (the “Rocket Docket”). While in law school, she interned for the U.S. Department of Justice, a state attorney general’s office and a public defender’s office.