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Mr Kevin Van Wart

+1 312-862-2130 kevin.vanwart@kirkland.com

Position

Kevin Van Wart is of counsel in Kirkland’s Chicago office, where he concentrates in complex litigation, including mass tort claims, class action lawsuits, product liability and pharmaceutical claims, and high stakes commercial disputes. Kevin has served as lead trial and appellate counsel in a wide variety of cases throughout the country and teaches trial advocacy at the University of Chicago Law School.

Education

Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1982; Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., 1976. Admitted to the Illinois Bar.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• International Trade > CFIUS
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Government > Government relations
• Intellectual property > Copyright
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• Tax > International tax
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
• Finance > Project finance
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Government > State attorneys general
• Finance > Structured finance: securitization
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• Dispute resolution > E-discovery
• Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
• Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
• Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
• International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds