Kim also has substantial trial experience. She has been one of the lead lawyers representing a defendant in the nationwide opioid litigation, and was one of the lead trial counsel in a recent six-month trial. She leads all of the pre-trial, post-trial, and appellate briefings in all of the opioid cases pending nationwide, including in connection with the recent six-month trial and an earlier three-month trial. That pre-trial briefing includes dispositive motions to dismiss and for summary judgment, motions in limine, Daubert motions, jury instructions and the like, as well as interlocutory writ petitions submitted to appellate courts. The post-trial work includes post-trial motions and briefing, proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law and appellate briefing.

Kim combines her appellate and trial skills and experience as she serves clients. When working on litigation and at trial, she is keenly focused on making effective legal arguments and keeping issue preservation front and center. She calls on her considerable on-the-ground trial experience when she represents clients in appeals after trials.

Kim’s experience encompasses a wide range of substantive issues, including those impacting the financial services, product manufacturing, managed care, and energy industries, as well as complex jurisdictional questions, class actions, and product liability, data privacy, and employment issues. She also has represented clients in litigation involving questions of constitutional law (including First Amendment, Commerce Clause, and substantive and procedural Due Process issues), as well as advising clients on those issues in government, regulatory, and administrative matters. Kim has considerable experience with issues arising from the Federal Arbitration Act, including the arbitrability of class actions and class arbitration waivers.