Ariana B. Vaisey*

Education

  • The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., Honors, 2023
    • Rubenstein Scholar
    • Joseph Henry Beale Prize for Legal Research and Writing
    • Dean’s Award in Elements of the Law
    • Symposium & Reviews Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., Highest Distinction, Highest Honors in Economics, 2017
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Morehead-Cain Scholar
    • Undergraduate Prize in Economics (Chancellor’s Award)
    • Best Honors Thesis in Economics

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk, Judge Amy St. Eve, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2024–2025
  • Law Clerk, Judge John J. Tharp, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2023–2024

Admitted

  • 2024, Washington State

Ariana B. Vaisey* joined Kellogg Hansen as an associate in 2025.

Prior to joining the firm, Ariana served as a law clerk to Judge Amy St. Eve of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and to Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Ariana graduated with Honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was a Rubenstein Scholar, received the Joseph Henry Beale Prize for legal research and writing, and earned the Dean’s Award for best exam in a first-year Elements of the Law section. She served as Symposium & Reviews Editor of The University of Chicago Law Review.

Ariana earned her Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Highest Distinction and Highest Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, a Davis UWC Scholar, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received the Undergraduate Prize in Economics (Chancellor’s Award) and Best Honors Thesis in Economics.

*Not admitted in the District of Columbia. Practice is supervised by members of the firm.