Biography

C. Kinnier Lastimosa’s practice focuses on the defense of state and nationwide class actions, other complex commercial litigation, and international arbitrations. Substantive areas include consumer remedies, trade practices, insurance, reinsurance and products liability.

Litigation Matters

Mr. Lastimosa's representative litigation matters include TH Agriculture & Nutrition, LLC v. ACE European Group, Ltd., 416 F. Supp. 2d 1054 (D. Kan. 2006), aff'd , 488 F.3d 1282 (10th Cir. 2007).

Presentations & Publications

Mr. Lastimosa's publications and presentations include:

• "Legal Ethics for the Modern Lawyer," co-presented at the offices of a Sedgwick client (October 8, 2009).
• "Documentation Retention, Spoliation and Production in the Digital Age," co-presented at Sedgwick’s Chicago Seminar Series (Chicago, Illinois, September 24, 2009).
• "Seventh Circuit: Unsolicited Fax Does Not Trigger Duty to Defend as ‘Advertising Injury’," Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update (September 2009).
• "What to Do with the Leftovers?: Residual Funds in Class Action Common Funds Under 735 ILCS § 5/2-807," Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly, vol. 18 , no. 1 (2008).
• "Illinois High Court Refines State Class Action Jurisprudence," Legal Backgrounder , Washington Legal Foundation (Washington, D.C.) (March 9, 2007). 
• "Can an Act Be Both Negligent and Intentional?: Liability Insurance and the Adjudicated Dishonesty Exclusion," Mealey's Emerging Insurance Disputes, vol. 9, no. 2 (January 20, 2004), reprinted in The ICFAI Journal of Insurance Law 56 (April 2005).
• "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor: The Effect of Post-Removal Damage Stipulations on the Amount in Controversy Requirement of a Diversity Case," Washington University Law Quarterly , vol. 81, no. 2 (2003).
• "Automatic for Removal?: The Use of Post-Petition Evidence to Establish the Amount in Controversy for Diversity Jurisdiction," Washington University Law Quarterly , vol. 80, no. 1 (2002).

Memberships & Honors

Mr. Lastimosa is a member of the Defense Research Institute, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Chicago Bar Association and Phi Alpha Delta. He serves as President-Elect of the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Junior Board. Mr. Lastimosa was named Sedgwick Chicago’s 2006 Pro Bono Attorney of the Year.