Kins, Juris

Languages

• Latvian

Lawyer Overview

Juris Kins has been a litigator for over 30 years, both in federal and state courts. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex antitrust litigation brought under federal and state antitrust statutes involving regulated and unregulated industries. He also has experience in a wide range of commercial litigation and arbitration, including breach of contract, fraud, securities fraud, labor law, patent infringement, RICO and unfair competition claims.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Arbitration
• Breach of Contract
• Fraud
• Securities Fraud
• Labor Law
• Patent Infringement
• RICO and Unfair Competition Claims

Representative Cases

• Stone v. Doerge, 328 F.3d 343 (7th Cir. 2003)
• Secretary of Labor v. S.A. Healy, 96 F.3d 906 (7th Cir. 1996)
• Illinois v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 730 F.Supp. 826 (C.D.Ill. 1990)
• Illinois v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., aff'd, 935 F.2d 1469 (7th Cir. 1991)

West Practice Categories

Arbitration, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, RICO Act, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Criminal Fraud, Patents, Labor Law, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1969
• Wisconsin, 1969
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1970

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Chicago Bar Association
• Latvian Bar Association

Classes and Seminars

• "The Practical Use of Arbitration, A Litigator's View of Arbitration", Chicago Bar Association, February 11, 1985
• "Unfair Competition, Illinois Law and Practice", ICCLE Seminar, 1979

Education

• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1969
  J.D.
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965
  M.S.
  Major: Chemical Engineering
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1964
  B.S.
  Major: Chemical Engineering

Published Works

• Interference with Contract and Prospective Business Relations (Co-Author), ICCLE Seminar, November, 1979
• Note, Dissipation of Patent Misuse, 1968 Wis.L.Rev. 918. Repr. in Patent Law Review, Vol. 1.

Address

125 South Wacker Drive
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606

Phones

(312) 782-8477

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(312) 332-6376

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