Kirk Christopher Jenkins
Horvitz & Levy LLPI help clients by protecting the positive results they achieve in court or – when a trial has gone against the client – vindicating the client’s rights and getting them a second chance. High stakes litigation is like chess played in three dimensions. While the trial team works to win the case at trial, I focus on what will happen afterwards. Beginning even before the jury is chosen, I work to ensure that the clients’ themes and points are presented in the best way to persuade an appellate court, and that the client’s objections to any adverse decisions have been preserved, sometimes briefing and arguing key motions before the trial court myself. But just as importantly, I manage the client’s appellate strategy. I help the trial team craft the client’s arguments with an eye towards not just what the law is, but what the law may soon become because of not-yet-decided cases pending in the appellate courts. I’ve briefed and argued many post-trial motions in the trial courts, reducing adverse judgments and improving the record for appeal before the appeal ever begins. I have appeared before higher courts as amicus in cases presenting related issues, and helped move the law in a more beneficial direction before the client’s case was decided. In twenty years as a full-time appellate lawyer, I have litigated a broad range of issues, including Federal preemption; electrocution injuries; failure to warn and design defect; the admissibility of economic testimony; groundwater contamination; primary and exclusive administrative jurisdiction; alleged asbestos exposure; the extraterritorial application of Federal and state law, and the certification and decertification of consumer class actions. For further details of many significant matters, click my website biography above.
- Harvard Law School
- J.D
- cum laude
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- Harvard University
- A.B. (1983) | Economics
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- Honors: Magna cum Laude
- Activities: Harvard Political Review (Associate Editor)
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- Sedgwick LLP
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- Associate
- Brown, Todd & Heyburn
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- Associate
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
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- Iskanian Decision Not Such a Clear Win for Business
- The Recorder
- The California Supreme Court's Iskanian Decision: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
- Washington Legal Foundation The Legal Pulse
- Guaranty Fund's Indemnity Payments Not Limited By Statutory Cap
- WorkCompCentral.com
- [Audio] Episode 341 -- DOJ Charges Visa with Monopolization and Exclusionary Conduct in the Debit Card Market
- [Video] Sunday Book Review: October 20, 2024 – The top books on George Harrison Edition
- [Video] 10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending October 19, 2024
- Political Speech in the Workplace: Legal Considerations for Employers
- Certified Specialist in Appellate Law
- State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization (The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize specialities in the practice of law. Such a certificate, award or recognition is not a requirement to practice law in Illinois.)
- Best Lawyers (Appellate Law)
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers (Appellate Law)
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers (Appellate Law)
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers (Appellate Law)
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers (Appellate Law)
- Best Lawyers in America
- American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
- Fellow
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- Society for Empirical Legal Studies
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- American Law Institute
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- Council of Appellate Lawyers
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- California Academy of Appellate Lawyers
- Secretary-Treasurer
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- California State Bar # 177114
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- California
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- District of Columbia (inactive)
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- Illinois
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- 2nd Circuit
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- 5th Circuit
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- 6th Circuit
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- 7th Circuit
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- 8th Circuit
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- 9th Circuit
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- 10th Circuit
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- D.C. Circuit
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- Federal Circuit
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- U.S. District Court (C.D. Cal.)
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- U.S. District Court (D. Ariz.)
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- U.S. District Court (E.D. Ky.)
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- U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.)
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- U.S. District Court (W.D. Ky.)
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Antitrust Law
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals