Allison Kahl joined the Federal Defender’s Office in September 2022. Prior to joining, Allison clerked for then-Chief Judge Carl E. Stewart of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and Senior United States District Judge Charles S. Haight, Jr. in the District of Connecticut. She was also a litigation associate at Sullivan and Cromwell LLP and Senior Appellate Counsel at the Center for Appellate Litigation in New York City. At the Center for Appellate Litigation, Allison represented numerous clients in post-conviction state appellate and trial court proceedings.  
 
She received her J.D., cum laude, from NYU School of Law.  During law school, she was a student attorney in the Juvenile Defender Clinic working at the Legal Aid Society and in the Children’s Rights Clinic working at Advocates for Children. She interned with Connecticut Legal Services and was a summer associate at Sullivan and Cromwell LLP. She holds a B.A. in History and Economics and a B.A.H. from Villanova University.