Kurt is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group, where he represents clients in product liability and toxic/mass tort litigation, corporate internal investigations and white-collar criminal defense, and general commercial and class action litigation. He has represented numerous Fortune 100 companies in product liability and toxic/mass tort matters involving products such as automobiles, breast implants, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, and toxic substances. His experience in product liability includes representing an auto manufacturer in its first-ever lawsuit involving composite fiberglass leafsprings on its mini-vans and in a mini-van rollover case that was listed as one of the “Top Ten Defense Verdicts of 1999” in the The National Law Journal. He has also defended manufacturers in automobile-related class action litigation. In the area of toxic/mass tort litigation, Kurt has litigated matters involving radioactive isotopes and chlorinated solvents, including representation of a group of Fortune 500 companies in a case involving claims that an atomic production and power facility had injured thousands of plaintiffs.
As an Assistant United States Attorney in Miami, Kurt indicted more than 100 cases and prosecuted more than 70 defendants in a variety of federal felony criminal matters involving counterfeiting, fraud, immigration, narcotics, money laundering, and violent crime. On the defense side, Kurt has represented numerous companies and individuals in corporate internal investigations and in white collar criminal matters. Most recently, Kurt ran a group of attorneys as part of the Bankruptcy Court Examiner's investigation into the WorldCom bankruptcy, and he represented a major insurance broker in several parallel state investigations. Kurt has also given presentations in this practice area, including speeches on the criminal enforcement of environmental laws, health care fraud, criminal antitrust enforcement, stock options "backdating," and the search and seizure of electronic data in criminal investigations.
Kurt’s class action and general commercial litigation experience includes the representation of several Fortune 500 companies in matters involving antitrust violations, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of warranty, civil RICO, civil rights, defamation, fraud, patent infringement, and securities fraud.
Representative Matters
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