Recent examples of financial services litigation experience: · 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 · Representing a mutual fund manager in an SEC investigation and related class action litigation seeking $70 Million in alleged fund losses · Successful prosecution and defense of customer and member-member arbitration claims before the NASD, NYSE, NFA, CBOT, CBOE and AAA involving allegations of churning, suitability, improper portfolio management, fraud, and a wide variety of exchange-floor misconduct · Prosecution of a multi-million dollar "raiding" claim on behalf of a regional broker-dealer · Defense of a registered representative in parallel disciplinary proceedings alleging violations of Federal currency transaction reporting regulations · Defense of a bank president in an FDIC investigation alleging improper lending practices · Defense of the Chief Financial Officer of an issuer in a federal criminal investigation and a shareholder class action alleging fraud in an initial public offering Continue >>

Recent examples of financial services litigation experience: Continued · Defense of Federal civil forfeiture actions against registered representatives and purchasers of the initial public stock offering of a Federal Savings and Loan conversion · Defense of multiple individuals in SEC investigation involving internet marketing of securities · Defense of "raiding" and related trade secret claims brought by Merrill Lynch against a regional broker-dealer · Defense of a co-managing underwriter and directors in initial and secondary stock offerings in shareholder class action suits alleging fraud in offering materials · Defense of a registered broker-dealer in an SEC investigation alleging insider trading · Defense of a registered broker-dealer's trading department supervisor in a disciplinary action brought by the New York Stock Exchange alleging aiding and abetting wash and matched sales · Defense of Chicago Board of Trade T-bond traders in an exchange investigation and a CFTC enforcement action alleging unlawful "Ginzy" trading · Defense of a major stock exchange in an SEC investigation involving allegations of fraud in connection with certain clearing services

Kevin has written and spoken on the use of alternative dispute resolution in the financial services industry, the use of focus groups and jury consultants in case assessment, 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. He has also served on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. 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 has served as an Officer and Director of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, having recently served as its 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 >>

Kevin has served as a member of the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and a member of the Judicial Evaluation Committee for Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. 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.