Annika Boone Barkdull is an academic affiliate with Schaerr | Jaffe LLP. She serves as a Research Fellow at BYU Law School. Annika joined the firm after clerking for Justice Thomas Lee of the Utah Supreme Court and Judge Ryan Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. summa cum laude from George Washington University.

Education

  • Harvard Law School (J.D.)
  • George Washington University (B.A.)

Clerkship

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Utah Supreme Court

Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Utah

*Not admitted to the D.C. Bar. Admitted to the Utah State Bar and practicing under the supervision of D.C. Bar members pursuant to Rule 49(c)(8).

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Sides with Schaerr | Jaffe Client in First Amendment Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has sided with Schaerr Jaffe’s client, the University of Florida (“UF”), in an important First Amendment case.  In 2025, UF expelled a student at its law school for threatening speech that disrupted the school’s learning environment. The student had publicly posted […]

Chris Bartolomucci Presents Oral Argument in the Supreme Court of Virginia

On October 14, 2025, partner H. Christopher Bartolomucci presented oral argument in the Supreme Court of Virginia in a case about the appealability of zoning determinations and involving the interplay between Virginia’s Fair Housing Law and the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance.  Chris argued that the Supreme Court should grant the […]

Schaerr | Jaffe Successfully Represents UT-Battelle Employee Discriminated Against for Refusing to Get Covid Vaccine

The Sixth Circuit has ruled in favor of Jeff Bilyeu, a UT-Battelle employee who was discriminated against for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine based on religious grounds, rejecting several of the district court’s findings and paving the way for Bilyeu to go to trial. During the pandemic, UT-Battelle required […]