Justin D. Cole*

Education

  • Yale Law School, J.D., 2023
    • Editor-in-Chief, Yale Journal of International Law
    • Articles Editor, Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics
    • Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Top Ten Individual Oralist at the International Rounds; Round of Sixteen Team Finish at the International Rounds; United States Northeast Regional Team Champion
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., highest distinction, 2018
    • Highest Distinction in Peace, War, and Defense
    • Highest Distinction in Economics
    • Highest Honors for Senior Thesis

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk, Judge Diane Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2024-2025
  • Law Clerk, Judge Thomas Hardiman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2023-2024

Admitted

2024, Pennsylvania

Justin Cole* joined Kellogg Hansen as an associate in 2026.

Prior to joining the firm, Justin clerked for Judge Diane Sykes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and for Judge Thomas Hardiman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Justin earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2023, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Journal of International Law and also served as an Articles Editor for the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018 with highest distinction in Peace, War, and Defense and Economics, and with highest honors for his senior thesis.

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