Kenneth Monroe

Securities Litigation

• Counsel to The Boeing Company in five cases, including a putative class action, defending against claims of securities fraud arising out of two accidents involving the 737 MAX aircraft.
• Counsel to numerous investment management and private equity firms and executives in connection with securities fraud claims.
• Counsel to private equity firm responding to novel securities investigation by FINRA.
  

Private Equity and Investment Management

• Counsel to investment management firm and Fortune 200 ecommerce company in cross-border investigation of transaction involving public company and related insolvency proceedings.
• Counsel to private equity firm and executives defending against high-stakes fraud claims in connection with raising new fund.
• Counsel to private equity firm pursuing claims against former executives for breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriation of confidential information in launching competitor firm.
• Counsel to investment management firm defending against derivative action concerning multibillion-dollar investment.
• Counsel to venture capital firm and founder in high-stakes dispute with business partners and investors.
• Counsel to investment management firm in enforcing nine-figure arbitration award in cross-border dispute.
• Counsel to portfolio companies in connection with valuation disputes with founders.
• Counsel to private equity firm in connection with portfolio company bankruptcy and related litigation.
• Counsel to investment management firms in connection with enforcement of creditor rights in bankruptcy proceeding.
• Counsel to portfolio company in connection with enforcement of noncompetition agreements with former executives.
  

Life Sciences and Healthcare

• Counsel to global life sciences firm in multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical licensing dispute.
• Counsel to healthcare provider defending alleged multibillion-dollar claims under the False Claims Act.
• Counsel to life sciences company in investigation of malfeasance by top executive.
• Counsel to medical device manufacturer defending novel claims under False Claims Act related to FDA approval.
• Counsel to hospital system challenging agency reimbursement decisions in federal district court.
• Counsel to medical device company challenging federal agency reimbursement decisions in federal district court.
• Counsel to hospital system in connection with merger.
  

Data Privacy

• Counsel to Fortune 50 company in connection with government investigation into data breach.
• Counsel to national retailer in putative class action asserting data privacy claims.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Kenneth practiced complex litigation with two Boston-based national law firms.

Kenneth maintains a pro bono practice litigating civil liberties and constitutional rights, including successful appeals to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and the US Courts of Appeals for the First and Fifth Circuits.