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Wes E. Henricksen
Associate
Wes E. Henricksen is an associate with the firm who practices civil litigation, focusing on business and real property disputes in both state and federal court.
Education Background
Mr. Henricksen received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Washington State University in 2003. He earned his J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law in 2006. While in law school, Mr. Henricksen served as an Executive Notes and Comments Editor on the Washington Law Review. He was also a board member of the International Law Society and of the Center for Human Rights and Justice.
Employment Background
Mr. Henricksen clerked for Hon. Bruce J. McGiverin in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. During law school, he worked as a summer associate at Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek and served as a judicial extern for Hon. Robert H. Whaley in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. He has also served as a legislative intern for U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell and as a consular intern at the U.S. Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia.
Professional Affiliations & Admissions
- State Bar of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
- U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeal
Publications & Speaking Engagements
- Author, “Abay v. Ashcroft: The Sixth Circuit’s Baseless Expansion of INA § 101(a)(42)(A) Revealed a Gap in Asylum Law,” 80 Wash. L. Rev. 477 (2005)
- Author, Making Law Review, Carolina Academic Press (2008)
