Kalina, Jerome J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Jerry Kalina's practice encompasses a wide variety of commercial litigation areas, with a focus on products liability, aviation law, and insurance coverage. His experience includes the defense of complex products liability suits in state and federal courts across the country, including all aspects of discovery, pretrial motions, and trial. In addition, Jerry has prepared and argued a number of appellate briefs, regarding both products liability issues and civil rights.

In the aviation field, Jerry recently obtained summary judgment for an aviation component part manufacturer on the basis of product identification and statutes of repose. Jerry has served on several arbitration and trial teams, ranging from a pro bono representation in which he cross-examined several medical witnesses, including the county medical examiner, to serving on the trial team for a patent infringement case before the International Trade Commission, in which he took and defended depositions of corporate representatives, drafted and successfully argued dispositive pretrial motions, and drafted post-hearing briefs. Jerry maintains an active pro bono litigation practice and has been court-appointed to serve as both trial and appellate counsel to indigent parties in civil rights matters.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Intellectual Property
• ITC Section 337

Representative Cases

• OMB Watch prepares amicus brief addressing constitutional intent requirements of cause of action for aiding acts of intentional terrorism
• Parker Hannifin wins summary judgment on all claims in an Argentina plane crash claiming the lives of senior business executives , (2009)
• Prisoner's civil rights upheld after being repeatedly placed in solitary confinement , (2007)
• Symbol Technologies asserts five patents relating to optics and software for reading and decoding bar code symbologies
• Textron obtains dismissals in silica exposure cases
• Third Circuit vacates the dismissal of constitutional challenge to state's garnishment of inmate accounts
• Three inmates successfully appeal their constitutional challenge to their conditions of confinement

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Copyrights, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patents, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

Education

• St. Joseph's University
• U of Notre Dame

Address

500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2514

Phones

1.412.394.7903 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.412.394.7959 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com