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Kurt A. Kappes

Managing Shareholder · Greenberg Traurig

United StatesTrade Secrets, Unfair CompetitionEnglish

About

Managing Shareholder of the Sacramento Office and National Co-Chair of the firm's Labor & Employment Practice's Complex Employment Litigation & Trials group. Extensive lead trial experience in complex litigation including class actions, commercial claims, trade secrets and employee mobility, computer fraud, non-competes, unfair competition, and Section 17200 actions. Also represents clients in labor and employment matters such as advisory matters, trade secret audits, contracts, discrimination claims, whistleblower cases, and wrongful termination litigation.

Practice areas

Trade SecretsUnfair CompetitionEmployee MobilityCommercial LitigationLabor and EmploymentBusiness TortsContract DisputesClass Action LitigationAppellate PracticeTrial Practice

Office

Expertise

Trade SecretsUnfair CompetitionEmployee MobilityCommercial LitigationLabor and EmploymentBusiness TortsContract DisputesClass Action LitigationAppellate

Education

  • J.D., Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law, 1986
  • B.A., summa cum laude, Butler University, 1983

Admissions

  • California
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Languages

English