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Kevin K. Green is a partner in the Firm's Appellate Practice Group. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Economy, with honors and distinction, from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989. He took his Juris Doctor degree from Notre Dame Law School in 1995. After admission to the California Bar, he clerked for the Honorable Theodore R. Boehm, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Indiana, where he developed his interest in appellate work. Mr. Green then returned to California to clerk for the Honorable Barry T. Moskowitz, United States District Court, Southern District of California. The latter position included two sittings by designation on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In 1999, Mr. Green entered practice on behalf of defrauded consumers and investors, focusing from the outset on appeals. After briefing and arguing appellate matters for several years, he became a Certified Appellate Specialist, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He also advises the Firm's trial litigators on issues and strategy.
Reflecting the practice's national scope, Mr. Green has handled appeals and writs in jurisdictions across the country. The cases involve diverse subject matter and questions of first impression often resulting in published opinions. Illustrative appeals he has briefed and argued include: Ritt v. Billy Blanks Enter., 870 N.E.2d 212 (Ohio Ct. App. 2007); McKell v. Washington Mut., Inc., 142 Cal. App. 4th 1457 (2006); In re Guidant S'holders Derivative Litig., 841 N.E.2d 571 (Ind. 2006); Denver Area Meat Cutters & Employers Pension Plan v. Clayton, 209 S.W.3d 584 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006); Hyams v. Halifax PLC, 2005 WL 3441230 (N.J. App. Div., Dec. 16, 2005); Lebrilla v. Farmers Group, Inc., 119 Cal. App. 4th 1070 (2004); West Corp. v. Super. Ct., 116 Cal. App. 4th 1167 (2004); and Lavie v. Procter & Gamble Co., 105 Cal. App. 4th 496 (2003). In partnership with co-counsel, he assisted in briefing Branick v. Downey Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 39 Cal. 4th 235 (2006), and also prepared an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys in Robinson Helicopter Co. v. Dana Corp., 34 Cal. 4th 979 (2004).
Beyond his appellate practice, Mr. Green is active in professional activities. Since 2006, he has sat on the State Bar of California Committee on Appellate Courts. He is currently the Chair of the Civil Rules Subcommittee of the San Diego County Bar Association's Appellate Court Committee. In connection with the Firm's consumer fraud practice, Mr. Green is a member of the State Bar Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section. He is also a member of the American Constitution Society, the Federal Bar Association, and the California Supreme Court Historical Society.
In the area of publication, Mr. Green is the author of The Unfair Competition Law After Proposition 64: The California Supreme Court Speaks, Journal of Competition (Vol. 15, No. 2, Fall/Winter 2006) (published by State Bar Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section). While a student, he wrote A Vote Properly Cast? The Constitutionality of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 22 Journal of Legislation 45 (1996) (published by Notre Dame Law School).
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