Kyllan Gilmore
Associate
Kyllan practices at the intersection of private and public enforcement of principles integral to our domestic and international social and economic systems, such as those embodied in the Sherman Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act, and Patent Act.
Key Matters
Mass Torts and Complex Commercial Litigation
- Represents Bayer-Monsanto in multiple federal and state individual and class actions and government investigations related to the sale of glyphosate-based herbicides, obtaining, inter alia, dismissals, successful appeals, and nationwide settlements
- Represents Bayer-Monsanto in federal and state actions related to impurities and byproducts in herbicide products.
- Represents multinational bank and financial services company in multiple federal and state individual and class actions related to mortgage loan adjustments
- Represents Albertsons Company and subsidiaries Safeway and Lucerne Foods in federal and state actions related to baby food products
- Represented company JUUL in large-scale, multijurisdictional litigation related to e-cigarette advertising
Government and Government Contracts
- Represents government contractor in dispute with FEMA and state agencies over unpaid reparations work from Hurricane Maria
- Represents the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands in a variety of matters, including contract disputes with private contractors and negotiations with federal agencies for federal funding
- Served as ethics counsel to the Assistant to the President of the United States and Senior Advisor to the President, and assisted them with making required financial disclosures and complying with federal ethics laws
- Represented transportation company in contract dispute and debarment proceedings against the U.S. Army
White Collar
- Represents former CEO of government contracting firm in criminal corruption case involving high-profile Puerto Rican government officials and the award of government contracts
- Represented Michael and Peter Taylor in connection with extradition proceeding related to former CEO of Nissan leaving Japan while released on bail for financial crimes
- Represented Senior Advisor to the President of the United States in a RICO action brought by the Democratic National Committee related to the 2016 presidential election and obtained complete dismissal
- Represented prospective Prime Minister of Antigua in FBI fraud investigation
- Represented global investment and financial advisory firm in RICO class action related to an insurance product and the purchase of a professional baseball team and obtained complete dismissal
- Represents foreign banking institutions in bankruptcy proceedings related to the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme
- Represented Latin American mining and logistics company related to issues of global anticorruption compliance and risk assessment
- Represented former Venezuelan Minister of Energy and President of PDVSA in matters related to anti-corruption compliance and related litigation and investigation
- Represented surgeon in criminal sentencing proceedings related to health care kickback and bribery conspiracy
- Represented the former CEO of Audi in matters related to the 2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal
- Represented Las Vegas Sands Corporation casino and resort company in FCPA matters related to casino license renewals in Macau
- Represented criminal defendant facing espionage allegations related to work with United Arab Emirates
- Represented criminal defendant accused of embezzling funds from NHL players and other investors in appeal before the Second Circuit
- Represented pharmaceutical company in fraud investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Patents and Antitrust
- Represented Bayer-Monsanto in numerous individual and nationwide class actions alleging violations of federal antitrust laws related to Monsanto’s herbicide products, and obtained complete dismissal after consolidation in MDL proceedings
- Represented Swedish technology giant Ericsson in multiple ITC patent litigations against Samsung
- Represented Pfizer Inc. in connection with pharmaceutical patent litigations
- Represented Hoya Corporation in a patent and antitrust dispute against eye-glass giant Essilor International in the “rocket docket” Eastern District of Virginia that resulted in favorable settlement before trial
Pro Bono
- Represents PETA corporation in lawsuits over violations of the Endangered Species Act and efforts to close irreputable roadside zoos
- Represents affirmative asylum applicant and Salvadoran indigenous rights activist seeking shelter from political and racial persecution by the Salvadoran government and the gang MS-13
- Represents death row inmate in U.S. Supreme Court appeal and civil rights dispute
- Represented inmate in federal civil rights action against the Illinois Department of Corrections and obtained substantial settlement
- Represented appellant in Second Circuit criminal appeal related to Brady violation
- Represented Guatemalan woman and her son in defensive asylum action against the Department of Homeland Security and obtained successful grant of asylum
- Represented death row inmate in federal appeal before Seventh Circuit
- Represented impact and gender lens investing firm, Root Capital, in negotiations with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department