Kenneth N. Hickox, Jr.

Porton Capital Technology Funds v 3M UK Holdings Ltd (High court of Justice for England and Wales)
Obtained a de minimis bench trial verdict for multinational corporation sued for tens of millions of dollars by plaintiff alleging breach of an earn-out provision in a contract for the sale of medical testing product that defendant determined was not commercially viable.

Rochon v. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (District Court, Dallas County, Texas)
Successfully represented plaintiff in case alleging that his former law firm breached its fiduciary duties to him by representing his previous employer, which plaintiff had sued for violations of his employment contract.

International Paper v. Affiliated FM Insurance Co. (California Superior Court, San Francisco)
On litigation team that obtained a nearly $100 million jury verdict against insurer for breach of contract and bad faith in denying insurance coverage for claims related to failure of hardboard siding manufactured by Masonite Corporation.

Karang Mas Sejahtera v. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC (U.S. District Court, Maryland)
Obtained a multimillion dollar jury verdict – including millions of dollars in punitive damages – for the owner of the Ritz Carlton Bali for breach of fiduciary duties and breach of a territorial restriction in the Ritz Carlton’s management agreement with the hotel.

Meyer v. Christie (U.S. District Court, Kansas)
Obtained jury verdict for millions of dollars, including punitive damages, for construction company and owners against defendants for breach of an oral partnership agreement and breach of fiduciary duties involving the construction of a multi-family apartment complex in Junction City, Kansas. Verdict upheld on appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Commerce Street Capital, LLC v. Dos Rios Partners, L.P. (County Court at Law, Dallas)
Obtained summary judgment for defendant against claim by financial broker for tortious interference with contract.

SEC vs. McNaul (United States District Court, Kansas)
In a case of first impression, successfully urged district court to adopt the “entire file” approach when determining the extent to which the firm must produce privileged or work product documents, thereby obtaining ruling that a law firm could not independently assert work product protection after clients waived privilege.

James and Jackson, LLC v. Willie Gary, LLC (Supreme Court of Delaware)
In a case of first impression, successfully argued for Delaware to adopt the view that, where an arbitration clause provides that the arbitration was to be conducted in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, that constitutes clear and unmistakable evidence of the parties’ intent to have an arbitrator determine substantive arbitrability.

In re Certain Components for Installation of Marine Autopilots with GPS or IMU (U.S. International Trade Commission)
Successfully represented plaintiff in case alleging that it had infringed on patents used in multi-function displays for boating navigation units.

Pharos Capital v. Deloitte & Touche, et al. (U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio)
Successfully represented private equity fund in multi-district litigation seeking recovery of damages that plaintiff incurred as a result of fraudulent stock offerings by a health care financing company.

Benavidez v. Irving Independent School District (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas)
Representing a pro bono plaintiff, obtained verdict that school district was in violation of the Voting Rights Act because its makeup of five single-member trustee districts and two at-large districts denied Hispanic voters the opportunity to meaningfully participate in the electoral process. Attorney’s fees and costs awarded, and district agreed to move to a seven single-member district electoral plan.