Profile - Kelly Anne Kosek

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The Lubrizol Corporation
29400 Lakeland Blvd
Wickliffe, OH 44092

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Kelly Kosek is a Litigation Partner at Hahn Loeser Parks LLP.

Ms. Kosek is admitted to practice law in Ohio and before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Northern District of Ohio, and the Southern District of Ohio.

Ms. Kosek has defended clients in a broad range of litigation matters. Her experience includes cases involving putative class actions, contract disputes, and a variety of torts including manufacturing and design defects, civil conspiracies, and premises liability claims. She has represented clients across a broad spectrum of industries including the title insurance industry, mortgage industry, car rental industry, and home-warranty industry. She has also represented manufacturers of automobiles, chemicals, refractory products, and firearms.

Kelly has significant experience in defending class actions. Kelly was a member of the trial team that successfully defended Chicago Title Insurance Company against plaintiffs’ allegations of punitive damages. In Krause v. Chicago Title Insurance Co., the Jackson County, Missouri jury awarded plaintiffs no punitive damages, although plaintiffs’ counsel requested over $200 million in punitive damages. Kelly also defeated class certification in Hartis v. Chicago Title Insurance Co., 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 5372 (8th Cir. Mar. 13, 2009) and Doll v. Chicago Title Insurance Co., 246 F.R.D. 683 (D. Kan. 2007). Kelly has also defeated putative classes via summary judgment. See Salling v. Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70603 (N.D. Ohio July 14, 2010); Arevalo v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21607 (W.D. Tex. Jan. 29, 2009), aff'd Murray v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc., 594 F.3d 419 (5th Cir. 2010). Other class actions have been defeated through motions to dismiss—both before and after class certification. See Trohoske v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137704 (N.D. Ohio Nov. 30, 2011); Eberhard v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., 11CV934 (N.D. Ohio Mar. 31, 2012); Kaplan v. Fidelity National Home Warranty Co., 37-2008-0087962 (San Diego Superior Court July 26, 2012).

Ms. Kosek is a 2002 graduate of the College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law.

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Hahn Loeser is a full-service law firm that, for over 90 years, has provided sophisticated and creative counsel to Fortune 500 corporations, privately-held businesses, non-profit institutions, governmental entities and individuals. It has a dominant presence in Ohio, with offices in Cleveland, Columbus, and Akron, and a growing practice in Southwest Florida, with teams located in Naples and Fort Myers. It also has offices in Indianapolis, Indiana, and in San Diego, California. Hahn Loeser routinely serves as regional and Ohio counsel on litigation and commercial transactions for a wide variety of matters, but the true scope of Hahn Loeser's practice is national.

Hahn Loeser has been recognized three times as a Go-To Law Firm® for Top 500 Companies by American Lawyer Media (ALM), based on surveys of in-house counsel at the top 500 companies in the United States, for its commercial litigation and intellectual property practice areas. In 2011, Hahn Loeser was added to the BTI Client Service A-Team, which recognizes the U.S. law firms with the best customer service, as identified by corporate counsel. And for the past five years in a row, Chambers USA: Leading Lawyers for Business ranked the firm in one or more of the following practice areas: commercial litigation, bankruptcy/restructuring, construction, and intellectual property.

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