Thomas O. Kuhns, P.C. - Partner

• Antitrust & Competition
• Class Action, Mass Tort & Toxic Tort Litigation
• Litigation
• Restructuring

• 1980, Illinois

• Judical Clerk to Judge James Hunter, III, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1980-81)

• Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1980 Executive Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
• Lafayette College, B.A., 1977 magna cum laude

Professional Profile

Thomas Kuhns is a litigation partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis.  He has lead trial experience in the areas of antitrust, securities, environmental, patent/licensing, business competition, commodities trading, contract, federal banking enforcement and defective product cases.  Mr. Kuhns has jury trial, bench trial and dispositive motion practice in Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska; Wilmington, Delaware; Miami and Key West, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; Kansas City, Kansas; New Orleans and Franklinton, Louisiana; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Jackson, Mississippi; Kansas City, Missouri; Omaha, Nebraska; Newark, New Jersey; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rapid City, South Dakota; El Paso and Ft. Worth, Texas; and Alexandria, Virginia.

Mr. Kuhns is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law, teaching a course in "Trial Advocacy, Evidence and Ethics." He was recently featured in The American Lawyer article, Cleaning Up The Bogalusa Pink Cloud for his successful litigation wins for Gaylord Container Corp.

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Seminars

Speaker at Licensing Executive Society Annual Meeting on Non-Compete Provisions in Employment Agreements

Speaker at Licensing Executive Society Meeting on Most Favored Nations Clauses in Licensing Agreements