Mike Lehr is a litigation partner in the Salt Lake City office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on complex trial and appellate litigation in federal and state courts. Mike has briefed and argued cases as trial and appellate counsel on a wide variety of issues achieving numerous favorable decisions and verdicts for clients.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Mike’s representative matters include:
Trial counsel for Samsung in district court litigation against Techiya relating to earbud technology and involving counterclaims for trade secret misappropriation, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, and civil conspiracy.
Representation of Tupperware Brands Corporation and its debtor affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Representation of Carrier in putative nationwide class action relating to product-liability issues.
Representation of Lightstone Generation in litigation over the coverage obligations of FM Global.
Represented Cognizant Business Services in contract dispute related to failed systems implementation.
Represented 3M Company in connection with the Combat Arms Earplugs multidistrict litigation, the largest MDL in U.S. history.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Mike’s representative matters included:
Counsel to large public company in action defending against partnership and intellectual property claims.
Trial counsel to closely-held corporation in case involving securities claims. Achieved complete defense verdict at trial.
Trial counsel to state activities association in class-action case involving Constitutional claims. Achieved favorable decision finding no liability on behalf of client.
Trial counsel to financial institution in breach of contract litigation involving claims against another financial institution.
Counsel to court-appointed receiver in nation-wide tax fraud action. Argued for and secured dismissal of interlocutory appeal for lack of jurisdiction in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial InternUnited States District Court for the District of Utah
Judicial InternOffice of the New York State Attorney General
Prior Experience
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, Salt Lake City, 2017–2021
Pro Bono
Represented criminal defendant in pro bono matter. Secured reversal of conviction under Speedy Trial Act in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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Recognition
Best Lawyers, Commercial Litigation, 2027
Super Lawyers, “Rising Star” for Business Litigation, 2023–Present
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2017Utah
Courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
United States District Court for the District of Utah
Utah Supreme Court
Education
Columbia Law SchoolJ.D.2017
Executive Editor, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
University of UtahB.S., History & Political Science2012