Willkie Continues Chicago Growth with Addition of Litigation Partner Kruti Trivedi

October 12, 2026

Chicago, IL (October 12, 2026) - Willkie today announced that Kruti Trivedi, a trial lawyer who has led high-stakes matters as both a senior in-house counsel at one of the world's largest financial institutions and a federal prosecutor, has joined the Firm as a partner in the Litigation Department. She is based in the Chicago office.

Kruti brings more than 20 years of combined experience in government and in-house counsel roles, handling complex litigation, investigations, regulatory matters and crises. Kruti joins Willkie from JPMorganChase & Co., where she led and supervised high-profile and high-risk matters and crises for the global financial institution. Prior to her work at JPMorganChase & Co. Kruti served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago, where she conducted investigations and prosecutions, argued appeals and tried ten jury trials, including those involving fraud, bribery and corruption.

Craig C. Martin, Chairman, Americas, commented: "Kruti is a first-rate lawyer whose experience gives her a deep understanding of what clients' need from outside counsel. Having served as a trusted advisor managing high stakes matters and crises from inside a Fortune 20 company, she knows how corporate legal departments and law firms can best work as one integrated team to provide practical, strategic and responsive advice. Her addition will deepen our ability to serve clients in their most consequential matters, and her background as a former Assistant United States Attorney further strengthens our trial, investigations and white-collar capabilities in Chicago and firmwide."

Kruti commented: "Having spent years on the client side, I know how much it matters to have outside counsel who have a deep understanding of not just the law, but also the business and the stakes. I'm excited to offer that perspective to the Firm's clients as we work together on their toughest, most impactful issues. Moreover, I have been impressed by what Willkie has built in Chicago and by the talent across the Firm. Collaborating with colleagues on this global platform that excels at providing clients precisely what they need from the boardroom to the courtroom is incredibly compelling, and I look forward to contributing to the growth of the litigation practice and the Firm."

Prior to her government service, Kruti served as a law clerk to the Honorable David H. Coar.

Kruti received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her A.B. from Princeton University.

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP provides leading-edge legal solutions on complex, business-critical issues spanning markets and industries. Our approximately 1,300 attorneys across 16 offices worldwide deliver innovative, pragmatic and sophisticated legal services across approximately 45 practice areas.

Willkie's Chicago office opened in March 2020 with six partners and has grown to 140 lawyers, building a broad multidisciplinary platform across litigation and transactional practices. The office has been recognized by Crain's Chicago Business as one of the fastest-growing law firms in Chicago and was recently named Law360 Regional Powerhouse in Illinois. Its growth has expanded the Firm's capabilities in Chicago across trial work, crisis management, intellectual property, antitrust, ERISA, white collar defense, investigations, governance, privacy and private wealth, as well as private equity, mergers and acquisitions, finance, private funds, capital markets and restructuring.