LillianK.
Glenister

Associate
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Lillian Glenister

Overview

Lillian ("Lilly") Glenister is an associate in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's San Diego (Downtown) office.

Prior to joining the firm, Lilly served as a judicial law clerk to several judges at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, including U.S. District Judge Michael M. Anello and U.S. Magistrate Judges William V. Gallo (Ret.) and Jill L. Burkhardt.

In law school, Lilly also served as a judicial extern to U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California and Administrative Presiding Justice Judith McConnell of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One.

Lilly is active in the San Diego legal community. She currently serves on the board of directors for the San Diego Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the executive committee for the San Diego County Bar Association's New Lawyer Division, and is an associate in the Hon. William B. Enright American Inn of Court.

Credentials
Clerkships

Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Michael M. Anello, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2022-2024

Career Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable William V. Gallo (Ret.), U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, July 2023-Oct. 2023

Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Jill L. Burkhardt, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2021-2022

Education

J.D., California Western School of Law, 2021, magna cum laude, Justice Anthony Kennedy Scholarship Recipient (full merit scholarship)

  • Editor in Chief, California Western International Law Journal
  • Oral Advocate, Jessup International Law Moot Court Team
  • Public Service Honor Society
  • Dean’s Honor List

B.A., San Diego State University, 2018, summa cum laude, Outstanding Graduate in Journalism

Admissions

California

U.S. District Court, Central District of California

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

U.S. District Court, Southern District of California