Kevin M. Jakopchek

Kevin’s 2026 highlights include:

• Serving as lead trial counsel and obtaining a complete defense verdict on behalf of International Motors (formerly Navistar) after a three-week federal jury trial of fraud and breach of contract claims relating to a $100 million supply agreement
• Defeating certification, on behalf of a multinational retailer, of three putative classes asserting antitrust claims related to the purchase of household batteries
• Obtaining dismissal with prejudice, on behalf of Broadcom subsidiary CA, Inc., of contract claims related to a mainframe software supply agreement
• Obtaining complete appellate reversal of a $30 million trial verdict against a large national healthcare company for alleged violations of a joint venture partnership agreement
• Obtaining dismissal of all claims in a putative class action alleging fraud, contract, warranty, negligence, product liability, and statutory unfair competition claims related to allegedly defective trucking safety systems

Kevin’s additional experience includes:

• Representing a manufacturer accused of violating a supply contract in arbitration. The claimant sought over $1 billion in damages, and the matter resolved favorably before the hearing with a nine-figure payment to the manufacturer client
• Obtaining a $100 million arbitration award on behalf of a biopharmaceutical company asserting breach of the covenant of good faith regarding an acquiror’s efforts to achieve earnout targets
• Obtaining a preliminary injunction barring the California Air Resource Board from implementing certain regulations
• Coordinating the defense of dozens of state court fraud and warranty actions against a manufacturer, obtaining one jury verdict, appellate reversal of one adverse verdict, and six summary judgment victories, leading to the settlement of the remaining claims
• Obtaining summary judgment on behalf of a major telecommunications company for breach of indemnification obligations in an equity purchase agreement
• Representing Hyatt Hotels in the coordinated defense of class actions, individual proceedings, and government investigations related to alleged antitrust violations. The matters resolved with voluntary dismissal of class claims and no action by regulators
• Obtaining a favorable settlement for a subsidiary of Omnicom Group, a global marketing communications company, in a dispute related to a billion-dollar advertising contract
• Obtaining a favorable settlement for Stericycle, Inc. of fraud and contract claims related to its divestiture of a business unit
• Representing Medline Industries in an earnout dispute related to its acquisition of a subsidiary (matter pending)
• Representing Trustmark Health Benefits in an earnout dispute related to its divestiture of a business unit (matter pending)