Lawyers / Professionals

 
Bradley R. Kutrow       
Partner
201 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
T: 704.343.2049
F: 704.343.2400
bkutrow@mcguirewoods.com
 

Mr. Kutrow has broad experience in complex litigation, with emphasis on business torts, securities, and products liability. He is listed in "The Best Lawyers in America" in seven different litigation categories: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking and Finance, Securities, Personal Injury, Product Liability, and First Amendment. His clients include banks, financial services firms and manufacturers. In addition, he assists clients with internal investigations and in responding to e-discovery and regulatory requests.

He maintains an active appellate practice and currently chairs the Appellate Rules Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association, which serves as a liaison between the appellate bench and bar. Most recently, he represented amici curiae in two cases before the Supreme Court of North Carolina.

He has defended class actions in pretrial proceedings, at trial, and in appellate courts. He is also experienced in arbitration before American Arbitration Association and securities arbitration panels, and in related proceedings in trial and appellate courts.


Representative Matters
  • Currently coordinating defense of multiple federal court class actions arising from the foreclosure crisis.
  • Obtained dismissals of three federal court class actions brought against a major credit card lender.
  • After a three-day hearing, secured an arbitration award for a retirement plan trustee, defeating breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claims brought by an ERISA plan.
  • Briefed and argued First Amendment issues on behalf of Davidson College as amicus curiae before the Supreme Court of North Carolina in State v. Yencer.
  • Coordinates the defense of product liability claims for a North Carolina-based manufacturer.
  • Defeated fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unfair trade practice, and third-party beneficiary claims against a material supplier brought by a medical device manufacturer that sought $50 million in damages following a device recall.

Practices & Industries
Honors
  • Named One of "The Best Lawyers in America," for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, 2008-2012; First Amendment Law, 2010-2011
  • Named a North Carolina "Super Lawyer," 2006-2012
  • Named One of "America's Leading Lawyers," Chambers USA, 2007-2011

Previous Experience
  • Member, Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Law Clerk, the Hon. Joseph H. Young, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1986-1987

Publications
  • "Trimming Back the Spread of the UDTPA: Trends in 2007," Business Lawyer, March 2008
  • "Arbitration Held 'Unconscionable' in Consumer Finance by North Carolina Supreme Court," Legal Alert, January 31, 2008
  • "The Economic Loss Rule Revisited: Recent Developments," The Litigator, January 31, 2008
  • "How to Protect and Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege," Business Lawyer, March 1, 2006

Seminars
  • Presenter, Mecklenburg County Bar All-Star Trial Advocacy Seminar, February 1, 2008
  • Presenter, North Carolina Product Liability Seminar, Mecklenburg County Bar, January 23, 2008

Professional Affiliations
  • Chair, Appellate Rules Committee, North Carolina Bar Association
  • Permanent Member, Judicial Conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
  • Past Co-chair, Advisory Subcommittee on Local Rules for the Western District of North Carolina
  • Past Chair, 26th Judicial District Local Rules Committee
 

EDUCATION

University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, J.D., 1986

  • Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Law Weekly
  • Executive Editor, The Journal of Law & Politics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, A.B., 1981

  • Associate Editor, The Daily Tar Heel
 
 

ADMITTED

North Carolina 1986

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 1987

District of Maryland 1987

Western District of North Carolina 1987

Eastern District of North Carolina 1988

Middle District of North Carolina 1991

U.S. Supreme Court 2001