Katya Keklikian

Katya Keklikian is an Associate in Dentons' Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice, based in the Los Angeles office. She began her time with Dentons as a summer associate in 2023 and earned her J.D. from Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, where she graduated cum laude.

While in law school, Ms. Keklikian served as Business and Production Editor for Volume 51 of the Pepperdine Law Review and was a member of the Moot Court team. She was a quarterfinalist in the 1L Moriarity Moot Court Competition and was awarded first place and Best Oral Advocate in the annual Vincent S. Dalsimer Moot Court Competition. She also spent a semester studying abroad in London, where she worked as a legal case assistant for The Howard League of Penal Reform, researching solutions to address racial and gender-based discrimination in prisons and crafting proposals for alternative dispute resolution for incarcerated individuals re-entering society.

She holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Communication and Media Studies, magna cum laude, from Santa Clara University (2021).