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KyleHutnick

Senior Managing Associate
Cleveland

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KyleHutnick

Senior Managing Associate

Kyle is a senior managing associate in the firm’s Business Litigation practice group. He focuses his practice on complex business litigation and has represented clients in cases involving financial services disputes, real estate development and management controversies, zoning and land use issues, claims involving representations and warranties insurance (RWI), and a variety of other commercial and contract disputes. Kyle also has experience in appellate practice, Lanham Act disputes, internet defamation and e-commerce, and civil rights cases.

During law school, Kyle participated in the moot court team and volunteered as a certified Legal Intern with the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, where he obtained hands-on experience advocating for survivors of domestic violence. He continues to participate passionately in the firm’s pro bono practice.

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Focus Areas

  • Assisted with litigation and settlement of a million-dollar trucking dispute involving compliance with the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Clause.
  • Successfully reversed a trial court’s decision granting summary judgment on an employee’s age discrimination claim against one of the largest employers in Northeast Ohio.
  • Included in the 2022 to 2025 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Intellectual Property, and Litigation-Real Estate
  • Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list, 2025

Professional Associations

  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • William K. Thomas American Inn of Court

Professional Activities

  • Cleveland State University College of Law, moot court team faculty advisor

Community Activities

  • Cleveland Leadership Center, Cleveland Leadership Institute (CLI), Fall 2024 Session
  • CSU Law Alumni Association Board of Trustees, Secretary
  • Legal Aid Society, volunteer

Education

  • Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D., 2016,

    Journal of Law and Health, associate editor

  • John Carroll University, B.A., 2013

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio