Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Todd Kennard has represented clients in class actions and complex commercial litigation, securities, ERISA, and consumer matters in various states and jurisdictions throughout the country. He has served as counsel on matters involving securities claims, product claims, dealer litigation, and franchisor/franchisee, distributor, commercial, and other disputes involving Jones Day clients, including Dell, GM, Toyota, Cardinal Health, Standard Insurance Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and American Electric Power, among others. He has served as chief trial counsel in trying cases to court and administrative law judges in different jurisdictions and forums in the United States and has handled and been involved in appellate proceedings through every level of state and federal courts, including as lead counsel in the Ohio Supreme Court.

Todd also has represented clients involved in contract disputes, securities fraud, construction claims, accidents, and many other complex commercial claims. Todd has taken and defended more than 100 depositions of experts or other witnesses working in the fields of accounting, securities issues, marketing, statistics, disease causation, medical sciences, epidemiology, warnings, and other issues. He also has substantial litigation experience defending clients against consumer, securities, product claims, franchise and distributor disputes, commercial litigation, contract disputes, insurance litigation, and state and federal statutory and consumer claims.

Todd also has represented the Ohio State Bar Association in matters while serving on the bar association's statewide Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee.

Todd is a graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and is a member of the Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Class Action Litigation
• Commercial Disputes
• Consumer Fraud & Warranty Litigation
• Automotive
• Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Shareholder Derivative Actions
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• ERISA & Other Employee Benefits Litigation

Representative Cases

• Ackerman v. General Motors Corporation
• Amendola v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. 1999 WL 1111515
• American Electric Power Energy Systems, Inc. v. Bank of Montreal (S.D. Oh.)
• Andy Buick, et al. v. General Motors Corporation, Case No. 99-395411-CV (Cuy. C.P., Ohio)
• Batlak v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
• Blackburn v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
• Cardinal Health, Inc. Securities, Derivative & ERISA Litigation, No. 2:04-CV-575-ALM-NMK (S.D. Ohio); Bean v. Havens, et al.,No. 05-CV-13644 (Franklin Cty., Ohio, Common Pleas Ct.)
• Field Auto City, Inc. v. General Motors Corp., et al., 2007 WL 4013291 (4th Cir. 2007)
• Gromada v. Standard Ins. Co., No. 1:05-cv-00197 (S.D. Ohio)
• In re Cardinal Health, Inc. Securities and ERISA Litigation, No. 04-CV-575 (S.D. Ohio)
• In re Dell Inc. Securities Lit, No. 1:06-CV-726-SS (W.D. Tex, Austin Div)
• In re National Century Financial Enterprises, Inc., Case No. 02-65235, (Bankr. S.D. Ohio)
• Iron Workers Local 17 et al. v. Philip Morris, Inc. et al., 186 F.R.D. 453 (N.D. Ohio)
• Keefe v. Standard Ins. Co., No. 1:04-cv-0808 (S.D. Ohio)
• Neri v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
• North Shore et al. v. General Motors Corp. (Ill. 2007)
• Ohio Public Retirement System, et al. v. Richard Parsons, Time Warner Inc. et al., Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 03CVH-07-7932 (Franklin County, Ohio) (2007)
• Shimko v. Lobe, 813 N.E.2d 669 (Ohio 2004)
• Steamfitters Local Union No. 614 v. Philip Morris, Inc., Case No. 92260-2
• Transamerica Services Technical Supply, Inc. v. General Motors Corporation, 2004 WL 234684
• Ware v. Kowards, 2001 WL 58731
• Watkins v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Iowa Dealer Litigation

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Capital Markets, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Federal Trial Practice, Foreign Investment, Franchising, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Patent Litigation, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Secured Transactions, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Warranties, Whistleblower -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Harvard University

Published Works

• Contributor, How to Fix the U.S. Auto Industry: A Dealership Perspective, Franchising Business & Law Alert, Volume 15, Number 5, 2009
• Auto Dealer Can Bring 'Bad Faith' Statutory Claim, Franchising Business & Law Alert, Volume 15, Number 4, 2009
• Appellate Court Says Waiver Enforceable, Notwithstanding Statute, Franchising Business & Law Alert, Volume 15, Number 3, 2008
• Franchisors May Have Standing to Seek to Quash Subpoenas Directed to Third Parties, LJN's Franchising Business & Law Alert, 2008
• Procedures for Appeals, Where to Appeal Ohio Administrative Agency Cases, Ohio Lawyer, The Ohio State Bar Association Member Magazine, 2007

Address

P.O. Box 165017
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3989 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com