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Bradley R. Kutrow
Partner 
Bank of America Corporate Center
bkutrow@mcguirewoods.com100 North Tryon Street, Suite 2900 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-4011 F: 704.373.8935    |
Mr. Kutrow's litigation practice ranges from business torts, securities, and intellectual property to products liability. He assists clients with internal investigations and in responding to e-discovery and regulatory requests. A former journalist, he also represents news media clients, including print and broadcast news organizations.
He has defended class actions in pretrial proceedings, at trial, and in appellate courts. He is also experienced in arbitration before the American Arbitration Association and securities arbitration panels, and in related proceedings in trial and appellate courts. He argued two North Carolina Court of Appeals cases that developed the standard for judicial review of arbitration awards, Carpenter v. Brooks, 546 S.E.2d 91, 534 S.E.2d 641 (2000) and Pinnacle Group, Inc. v. Shrader, 412 S.E.2d 117 (1992).
- Hospira Inc. v. AlphaGary Corp., 671 S.E.2d 7 (2009) - Defeated fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unfair trade practice, and third-party beneficiary breach of contract claims asserted against our client, a raw material supplier, by a medical device manufacturer seeking damages of more than $50 million. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's grant of summary judgment for our client based on the absence of any misrepresentation to the plaintiff.
- First Care Medical Clinic, Inc. v. Polymedco (2006 WL 3497845, W.D.N.C. Dec. 4, 2006) - Won summary judgment on breach of contract and fraud claims in case arising from medical clinic's purchase of laboratory equipment from our client. The clinic's claims were dismissed based on its failure to prove any product defect and under the economic loss doctrine.
- Business & Securities Litigation
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Product & Consumer Litigation
- Discovery Counsel Services
- Technology & Software
- Appellate
- Capital Markets
- Consumer Financial Services Litigation
- Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Woodward/White, Inc., 2008, 2009, 2010
- Named a North Carolina "Super Lawyer," Law & Politics, 2006-2010
- Named One of America's "Leading Lawyers," Chambers USA, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Permanent Member, Judicial Conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
- 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
- "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
- Presenter, North Carolina Product Liability Seminar, Mecklenburg County Bar, January 23, 2008
- Speaker, Mecklenburg County Bar All-Star Trial Advocacy Seminar, February 1, 2008
- Co-chair, Advisory Subcommittee on Local Rules for the Western District of North Carolina
- Past Chair, 26th Judicial District Local Rules Committee
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Appellate Rules Committee
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EDUCATION University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, J.D., 1986
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, A.B., 1981
ADMITTED North Carolina 1986 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 1987 Western District of North Carolina 1987 Eastern District of North Carolina 1988 Middle District of North Carolina 1991 U.S. Supreme Court 2001 |