Adam Charnes
Partner @Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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WORK HISTORY
Partner @Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Recent Representative Matters: Represents Thryv, Inc. in briefing and argument at the U.S. Supreme Court in Thryv, Inc. v. Click to Call Techs. LP. This patent case was argued in December 2019. Represents Ford in Wickersham v. Ford Motor Co.(4th Cir. pending). The case involves an appeal an adverse jury verdict against Ford of more than $4.5 million in a products liability case. Represents Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals in Knight v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(4th Cir. Pending). The case involves an appeal of a $1.25 million jury verdict in a products liability case. Briefed and argued for four intervening Indian tribes in Brackeen v. Bernhardt, 2019 WL 38••••35th Cir. Aug. The case involved a constitutional challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act under the due process, equal protection, and commerce clauses and the 10th amendment. After rehearing en banc was granted, the case was argued before the en banc Fifth Circuit in January 2020. Briefed for Ford in Philips v. Ford Motor Co, 726 F. App’x 608 (9th Cir. Successfully defended the denial of class certification and summary judgment in a consumer fraud class action under California law. Briefed and argued for RJR in Tatum v. RJR Pension Inv. Comm, 855 F.3d 553 (4th Cir. Successfully defended the district court’s judgment for defendants, after a bench trial, in a certified class action alleging breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA. Briefed and argued for the taxpayer in Wright v. Commissioner, 809 F.3d 877 (6th Cir. Successfully overturned a decision of the U.S. Tax Court finding that an investment was an unlawful tax shelter. Briefed and argued on behalf of DuPont in Big Vision Private Ltd. v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co, 601 F. App’x 69 (2d Cir. The case involved claims of unfair competition arising joint laboratory trials.
EDUCATION
Princeton University
AB, Economics and Public Policy
Harvard Law School
Doctor of Law (JD)
SKILLS
ABOUT ADAM CHARNES
Adam Charnes focuses his practice on appellate, constitutional and complex commercial…
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