4 things to know about Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of Trump's VP pick
2. Usha has a law degree, clerked for 2 Supreme Court justices
According to Usha’s LinkedIn profile, she obtained a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University and a master’s in philosophy from the University of Cambridge. She later received her law degree from Yale Law School and, during her time there, Usha served as executive development editor of the Yale Law Journal and managing editor of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology.
As ABC News reported Monday, Usha worked as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and she clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
Usha began working as an associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson law firm in 2015, according to CNN. The attorney worked for the firm between clerkships, and the cable news channel reported that Usha’s employee biography stated that she handled “complex civil litigation and appeals,” including “higher education, local government, entertainment, and technology, including semiconductors.”
The website for Munger, Tolles & Olson has a webpage celebrating diversity and its “LGBTQ Initiative,” which includes hosting LGBT social events to connect attorneys who identify this way with one another. The law firm also highlights its “pro bono work in support of LGBTQ rights,” including filing an amicus brief in support of same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges.
On Monday, CNN reported that the law firm announced that Usha had resigned.
“Usha has informed us she has decided to leave the firm,” the company said in a statement. “Usha has been an excellent lawyer and colleague, and we thank her for her years of work and wish her the best in her future career.”
Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: samantha.kamman@christianpost.com. Follow her on Twitter: @Samantha_Kamman
