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Anna Kao

Anna Kao

Associate Dallas

* Applicant for admission to the Texas Bar. Supervised by partners of the firm who are members of the Texas Bar.

Biography

Anna Kao is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s Dallas office.

Her practice focuses on government investigations, securities litigation, and white-collar defense.

Anna graduated from the UCLA School of Law, where she served as the Co- Editor-in-Chief for the Criminal Justice Law Review and Program Coordinator for the Behind Bars Data Project. While in law school, she assisted in the representation of clients in constitutional civil rights matters.

Prior to law school, Anna worked as a management consultant in the financial, energy, and automotive sectors, with concentration in technology and security initiatives.

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Education

J.D., University of California School of Law, 2024

B.S., Economics with Financial Applications, Southern Methodist University, 2016

B.A., Public Policy, Southern Methodist University, 2016

Clerkships

Extern to the Honorable Milan D. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2022