Complex sentence: After his 2000 graduation, he clerked for Judge Joan B. Gottschall at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois then joined the Chicago law firm of Kirkland & Ellis in 2002, where he practiced business litigation and became a partner in the firm.
Split into simpler sentences: After his 2000 graduation, he clerked for Judge Joan B. Gottschall at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He then joined the Chicago law firm of Kirkland & Ellis in 2002, where he practiced commercial litigation and became a partner in the firm.