<p>Matt Kairis is a trial lawyer with extensive experience coordinating and trying complex, multijurisdiction, and class action litigation. Matt has won bench and jury verdicts in corporate contract disputes, antitrust actions, product liability suits, securities actions, and consumer fraud litigation. He has significant experience in product disparagement, libel, and contract interference matters, representing clients who have suffered business torts in the competitive marketplace.
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On behalf of First American Title Insurance, Matt recently obtained the complete reversal of what would have been the largest punitive damages award in an economic injury case in Ohio history. He currently serves as lead trial counsel for First American defending a putative class action in Chicago that seeks recovery of all Illinois residential title insurance premiums. Matt led the nationwide defense of Diebold in which public officials and private entities challenged the accuracy of its electronic voting machines. He also was a member of the lead trial team representing R.J. Reynolds in a $2 billion smoking and health class action that resulted in a jury verdict for defendants and was named one of "Top Defense Wins of the Year" by The National Law Journal. More recently, he represented Time Warner in a $2.5 billion securities case brought by five Ohio pension funds relating to the Time Warner/America Online merger.