Benchmark: Litigation

Lawyer of the Year

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Thomas S. Kilbane

Partner

Thomas S. Kilbane has more than 30 years’ trial experience in litigating highly technical, multiparty disputes with particular emphasis on antitrust, contract, construction and securities cases. Mr. Kilbane served as the global chair of the firm’s Litigation Group for 17 years. He has tried numerous cases in federal and state courts. He is experienced in employing ADR techniques to successfully settle major commercial disputes.

Mr. Kilbane is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (top 500 trial lawyers in the nation), the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation. He is a member of the American College of Barristers and America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals. Mr. Kilbane is recognized as a top trial lawyer in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, Guide to the World’s Leading Litigation Lawyers, Guide to the Leading US Litigation Lawyers, Best of the US and Benchmark: Litigation. He is also recognized in the International Who’s Who of Professionals, Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law and Global Counsel 3000. Mr. Kilbane is one of the Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America, a Top 100 Super Lawyer in Ohio Super Lawyers and a highly recommended dispute resolution lawyer in Practical Law Company’s Which lawyer? Yearbook.

Mr. Kilbane is the author of Litigating Highly Technical, Multi-Party Commercial Disputes: An Inside Look at Defending a Securities Lawsuit. He is a life member of both the Sixth Circuit and Eighth District Judicial Conferences. Mr. Kilbane is an AAA arbitrator and also serves on the Ohio Panel of Neutrals and the national Construction Panel for the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution. He is also highly recommended for Alternative Dispute Resolution in The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Kilbane is also a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum Committee on the Construction Industry and is the former vice chair of its ADR Committee for Legislation. He is the Northern Ohio chair of the United States Supreme Court Historical Society.

Mr. Kilbane served as a US Army captain in Vietnam where he was awarded the Bronze Star.


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Education

Northwestern University, J.D., Editorial Board, Northwestern University Law Review, 1966
John Carroll University, B.A., magna cum laude, valedictorian, 1963

Admissions

Ohio, 1966

Courts

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Ct. of App., First Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Second Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Third Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Fourth Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Fifth Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Sixth Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Seventh Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Eighth   Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Ninth Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Tenth Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Federal Circuit
U.S. Ct. of Federal Claims
U.S. Dist. Ct., C. Dist. of Illinois
U.S. Dist. Ct., N. Dist. of Ohio
U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. of Ohio
U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. of Texas