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Recent examples of his commercial litigation experience include:

· Representing class members in a consumer class action involving credit card interest charges, entitled Henry, et al. v. Sears, et al., and achieving a settlement of all class-member claims valued in excess of $140 Million.

· Prosecuting a breach of contract action against a publicly-traded internet search engine for failure to comply with its obligations to provide banner advertisements on key-word search results pages.

· Prosecuting a breach of warranty and fraud action on behalf of an automotive-parts manufacturer against a multinational manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for the automotive industry.

· Prosecuting a theft-of-trade-secrets case on behalf of an international plastic cup manufacturer against several of its former management-level employees and one of its industry competitors.
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Recent examples of his commercial litigation experience include:
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· Prosecuting to a successful seven-figure settlement an anti-trust case on behalf of one of Championship Auto Racing's best-recognized drivers and team owners alleging a group boycott among "Indy car" racing teams and the sport's principal governing body.

· Obtaining a not-guilty jury verdict in a fraud and conversion case arising from a corporate acquisition in which the plaintiff sought $8 million in damages.

· Prosecuting a $5 million breach of contract and fraud claim on behalf of a major Florida regional health services provider against its information systems vendors.

· Obtaining summary judgments disposing of a series of consumer fraud class action suits on behalf of one of the Country's largest banks.

· Obtaining a $23 million judgment in a real estate loan collection action on behalf of one of the country's largest real estate lenders.

· Obtaining summary judgment disposition of a federal RICO class action suit alleging fraudulent commercial lending practices by a major Chicago bank.

Kevin has written and spoken on the jury system and use of jury consultants and on a number of commercial lending, real estate and securities litigation issues, including Illinois mortgage foreclosure litigation strategies in pursuing guarantors in real estate financings, and the strategic use of arbitration in complex commercial disputes. He has also served on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy training litigators on "big case" preparation.

Kevin has been an active member of the Markey-Wigmore Chapter of the American Inns of Court, a nationwide association of judges, trial attorneys and law students dedicated to enhancing the quality and civility of American trial lawyers. He is an Officer and Director of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, currently serving as Chapter President. Kevin is a member of the federal trial bar for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and many other professional associations. Continue >>

In 1998, Kevin was appointed Special Counsel for the City of Chicago to prosecute charges of police misconduct involving physical abuse of subjects under arrest.

Kevin received his undergraduate degree from DePauw University and his law degree from DePaul University with highest honors. He clerked for a federal judge in Chicago while in law school and was a member of the DePaul University Law Review.



	HOME COMMERCIAL LITIGATION PROFILE Kevin M. Flynn is a seasoned trial lawyer with over 27 years of complex commercial litigation experience. In 1996 Kevin resigned from the law firm now known as Ungaretti & Harris to form his own trial practice firm, having served as one of that firm's senior trial attorneys and having completed a three-year term as that firm's Managing Partner. Kevin has tried over 125 cases to final disposition in state and federal courts and numerous arbitration forums throughout the country involving anti-trust, commercial and consumer lending, labor and employment, intellectual property, real estate, tax, trade secret and complex corporate and securities litigation. He also has wide-ranging trial and appellate experience in other substantive areas and forums.