Kiernan, Kelli A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Kelli Kiernan has experience in a broad range of complex commercial litigation matters, including in the areas of antitrust, contractual disputes, products liability, business torts, intellectual property litigation, insurance coverage disputes, and white-collar criminal defense. Kelli's experience covers all stages of litigation in state and federal courts, including all aspects of discovery and law and motion practice.

Kelli recently helped obtain dismissal of Chevron in a purported class action lawsuit alleging price gouging following Hurricane Katrina. She also successfully moved for limited intervention in ongoing patent litigation on behalf of Texas Instruments and subsequently successfully obtained a protective order against discovery of highly sensitive proprietary client information. In addition, Kelli has experience in appellate matters, most recently helping secure a unanimous victory before the United States Supreme Court in Boulware v. United States (U.S. March 3, 2008). Kelli was a member of the trial team that obtained a defense verdict in a five-week jury trial in a high-profile Alien Tort Statute case in San Francisco federal court that was recognized as the "California Defense Verdict of 2008" by the Daily Journal.

Kelli is active in the pro bono community as well and recently obtained permanent civil harassment and domestic violence restraining orders on behalf of an indigent domestic violence victim.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice

Representative Cases

• Chevron defends allegations of price gouging following Hurricane Katrina
• Chevron obtains defense victory in highly publicized Nigerian human rights case , (2009)
• Domestic violence victim obtains permanent restraining orders , (2007)
• Michael Boulware obtains unanimous victory before the U.S. Supreme Court in criminal tax evasion case , (2009)
• SAP defends against copyright infringement and other claims relating to service of enterprise software , (2009)
• Texas Instruments obtains protective order to prevent discovery of highly sensitive proprietary information in ongoing patent litigation

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• U of California - Berkeley
• Washburn University - Topeka

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