Kip T. Bollin

Kip is the partner in charge of the Cleveland office and a litigation partner who focuses on the defense of product liability and business claims.

His business litigation practice includes the defense of putative class actions, commercial claims, consumer claims, intellectual property claims (litigation counsel, working with patent counsel), and other state and federal causes of action. Kip also serves as a court-appointed special master in federal litigation.

In the product liability area, he represents corporations in the defense of putative class actions, personal injury claims, mass torts, toxic torts, consumer claims, and warranty claims. Kip defends manufacturers of heavy industrial and consumer products from wrongful death claims and claims involving serious economic and physical damages.

Kip was the national president of the 18,000+ member Federal Bar Association in 2017-2018. Previously, he served on the FBA national board of directors for three years and as a past president and board member of the FBA’s Northern District of Ohio Chapter.

Kip is also the chair of the Northern District of Ohio Advisory Group, a court-appointed panel charged with providing information on matters of interest to the court, assisting in the implementation of court-adopted programs, and bringing to the court’s attention matters of interest to the bar and the community. Kip was previously chair of a subcommittee that drafted the court’s rule and forms governing class actions.

• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1995, articles editor, Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy
• New York University, B.A., 1992, cum laude