Practice Areas & Industries: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Stop a Class Action lawsuit before it ever gets started. That is the philosophy of Kilpatrick Stockton's many Litigation Group lawyers -- attorneys who represent clients in Class Action litigation throughout the United States. Whether through early intervention and risk management before the first case is ever filed, or by aggressively contesting class certification in the first instance, we know that stopping a Class Action while it is still in an embryonic stage is the surest and most efficient way to preempt the spread of this potentially devastating form of litigation.

If a Class Action does make it past a client's early and critical lines of defense, our Litigation Group has extensive experience representing some the best known companies in the southeast and in the nation in significant Class Action lawsuits across many disciplines and industries. Our long-standing depth in such areas as toxic torts, product recalls, regulatory compliance management, product liability, securities fraud and employment discrimination gives us second-to-none technical expertise and skill in the areas of the law that most often evolve into Class Actions. Utilizing this depth, we have successfully defended clients in Class Actions and potential Class Actions involving asbestos, automobiles, construction equipment, butane lighters, solvents and cleaning products, medical equipment, space heaters, pacifiers and children's toys, chemical exposure, cellular telephones, race and sex discrimination, financial services, tobacco products, telecommunications services, airline practices, mortgage practices, antitrust, consumer fraud, life insurance, consumer financing, and shareholder and securities fraud.

No matter what the type of case or industry, once a class is certified, the lawyers in our Litigation Group excel at understanding the legal, scientific and business issues that underlie most Class Actions. Sometimes, taking a case to trial and through the subsequent appellate process is the appropriate and risk-minimizing response to a Class Action. In other cases, a Class Action can and should be resolved through a negotiated and confidential settlement. Our understanding of the underlying issues and our experience in these types of cases give us the information necessary to provide clients with early, ongoing and realistic assessments of the risk associated with a Class Action so that they are able to choose the legal response best suited to their business and risk environments.