Katie Lencioni

Breach Cases 

• Sun-Air of Scandinavia A/S v. Jet Support Services, Inc.: Represent defendant and counter-claimant in case alleging fraudulent inducement and various breaches of contract, including improper termination of aircraft engine fleet maintenance agreements. Resulted in favorable settlement.
  
• In the Matter of Jeffrey Powell v. Adviser Investments, LLC et al: Represent Adviser Investments and related entities in two, post-acquisition lawsuits alleging fraud and breaches of contract. Resulted in favorable settlement.
• Ney v. 3i Group plc et al.: Represent all defendants in lawsuit alleging breach of oral $20 million contract. Achieved dismissal of case for all defendants, as well as affirmance by the 5th Circuit and the Delaware Supreme Court.
• Ameriprise Captive Ins. Co., v. Audatex N. Am., Inc.: Represented Audatex, a company that provides vehicle-valuation software, in breach of contract dispute alleging Audatex owed an indemnification obligation. Achieved complete dismissal of case with prejudice.
• SWEPI LP v. Talisman Energy USA, Inc.: Represented Talisman, an upstream oil and gas company, in breach of contract case regarding a jointly owned pipeline in northern Pennsylvania. Resulted in favorable settlement.
• In re Alere-Abbott Merger Litigation: Represented Abbott in lawsuits associated with the Alere-Abbott merger agreement. Resulted in favorable settlement.
• The Boeing Company et al. v. KB Yuzhnoye et al.: Assisted in suit arising out of a failed Sea Launch joint venture. Court entered summary judgment on Boeing’s claims against joint venture partners.
• Lead and co-lead counsel in various confidential arbitration and mediation disputes related to employment agreement matters, as well as earn outs, purchase price adjustments, and other deal-related disputes.

Trials

• Whitfield v. Abbott Laboratories et al: Trial counsel for Abbott in product liability case alleging preterm infant formula causes necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and seeking $6 billion in damages. Achieved unanimous, complete defense verdict, following a 5-week, 12-juror trial in St. Louis. Trial team was named “Litigator of the Week” as a result of the win.
• Kelley v. 3M: Represented 3M in a plaintiff-pick bellwether trial alleging that 3M’s Combat Arms Earplug was defective and caused her to suffer hearing damage. Won a unanimous, complete defense verdict following a two-week, eight-person jury trial.
• Citadel v. Brown: Served as co-lead counsel in employment dispute litigation and arbitration regarding restrictive covenants, confidentiality, and deferred compensation. Resulted in favorable outcome.
• Towers v. Brannon: Represented federal habeas petitioner in ineffective assistance of counsel claim and evidentiary bench trial. Won habeas grant for client who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 100 years in prison for first-degree murder. Represent same client in subsequent state-court proceedings.
• Laws v. Apollo Insurance Co.: Represented pro bono client in small claims property damage case. Co-chaired jury trial in Illinois state court and won judgment in favor of client.

Antitrust Cases 

• Mosaic Health, Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC et al.: Represent Eli Lilly in putative class action lawsuit alleging price fixing related to 340B discounts under federal and state laws. Achieved dismissal of the case twice and received a shout-out for The American Lawyer Litigation Daily’s “Litigator of the Week” as a result.
• In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation: Represented Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Triple-S Salud, Wellmark, and Hawaii Medical Service Association in multiple consolidated class actions (and related actions) challenging the structure of the Blue Cross Blue Shield system under the antitrust laws. Achieved favorable settlement with respect to the subscriber-side of the action.
• Recovery Village at Umatilla LLC v. Florida Blue et al.: Represented intervenor Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and conspiracy case challenging payments by Blue Plans to out-of-network provider. Resulted in favorable settlement.

Other 

• Sha-Poppin Gourmet Popcorn LLC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A et al.: Represented Ruth’s Chris in CARES Act lawsuit alleging unjust enrichment related to Paycheck Protection Program funds. Achieved dismissal of case.
• U.S. v. SuperValu, Inc.: Trial counsel to SuperValu and Albertsons in false claims act qui tam case alleging that pharmacies misrepresented their usual and customary price. Won summary judgment in favor clients.

Teach For America, Baltimore Corps 2010, Teacher in Baltimore City Public Schools

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Summer Associate