Ekrem Genc
Staff Attorney* Chicago
I graduated with a B.A. in Global Liberal Studies and a minor in Psychology from New York University. I received my J.D. cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Currently Listening To
Caravan Palace
Site I Frequent
lichess.org
Perfect Vacation
Green mountains by the sea
Favorite Game
Baldur's Gate 3
Curriculum Vitae
EKREM GENC is a Staff Attorney* at Edelson PC, where his work focuses on post-settlement matters in mass torts cases. During law school, Ekrem externed for the Honorable Robert J. Steigmann of the Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District; worked as a licensed law student in the University of Illinois College of Law’s Family Advocacy Center, managing pretrial and trial responsibilities for child abuse and neglect cases; and interned at the Illinois Office of the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, drafting appellate briefs. He was a member of the College of Law Moot Court board and served in leadership positions on the executive boards of the Muslim Law Students Association, the Student Bar Association, and the Education Law and Policy Society.
*Not licensed to practice in Illinois. Awaiting results of July 2024 Bar Exam. Supervised by a member of the Illinois Bar.
- Pro Bono Notation, 2024.
- Leadership Project Notation, 2024.
- 2023 National Veterans Law Moot Court (Best Brief – Respondents).
- 2024 Anderson Center’s Seventh Circuit Moot Court (Second-Best Brief – Appellee, Regional Semifinalists).
- “Ekrem Genc & Matthew Woodruff, Opinion, Rule 402 conferences are critical proceedings in criminal cases“, Chi. Daily L. Bull., December 19, 2023, at 7.
- “Ekrem Genc, Toward a Rose Forever in Bloom: Translations of Yunus Emre, a 13th Century Anatolian Sufi“, 2 The Interdependent J. of Undergraduate Rsch. in Glob. Stud. 1, 24-50 (2021).