Ken Kaufman has more than 20 years of courtroom experience representing clients in business litigation involving commercial lease, construction, real estate, employment, insurance, environmental and other matters before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.
Ken’s experience also includes numerous arbitrations and mediations, particularly with respect to construction and other contract-based disputes.
In addition to cases in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, Ken has argued cases in federal and state courts in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Oklahoma and Florida.
Ken graduated from Georgetown Law where he edited and contributed to the American Criminal Law Review.
Practice Focus
Representative Experience
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Successful representation of a client in 17 arbitrations that prevented imposition of construction liens.
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Successful representation of a financial insurer that resulted in a corporate issuer of insured bonds paying $25 million of insured bond principal.
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Representation of a commercial landlord in resolving a case of tenant holdover, which resulted in the payment of over $150,000 more than the landlord had originally sought, together with attorneys’ fees.
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Representation of a client against property and casualty insurers for the client’s contribution to the clean up of a Superfund site. Ken obtained over $2 million in settlements on his client’s behalf.
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Successful representation of a natural gas pipeline client in enjoining the enforcement of regulations of the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission (FERC) that required the (potentially devastating) disclosure of private contract terms.
Representative Reported Cases
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc., 528 U.S. 167, 120 S. Ct. 693, 145 L. Ed. 2d 610 (2000); Piney Run Pres. Ass’n v. Carroll County Comm’rs, 268 F.3d 255 (4th Cir. 2001); Quiban v. Veterans Admin., 928 F.2d 1154 (D.C. Cir. 1991); Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. FERC, 193 F. Supp. 2d 54 (D.D.C. 2002), aff’d, Williams Cos. v. FERC, 2003 U.S. App. Lexis 20730 (D.C. Cir. 2003); Marlow v. West, 12 Vet. App. 548 (1999); Young v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., No. 3:96-CV-1189(EBB) (D. Conn. Feb. 16, 1999).
Bar Admissions
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Maryland
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District of Columbia
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Virginia
Court Admissions
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United States District Court for the District of the District of Columbia
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United States District Court for the District of Maryland
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
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United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
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United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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United States Supreme Court
Education
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J.D., Georgetown University, 1985
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A.B., Cornell University, 1980
Professional Organizations and Activities
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American Bar Association, Litigation Section and Environment, Energy and Resources Section
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Maryland State Bar Association
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District of Columbia Bar Association, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Division
Honors and Awards
Ken was chosen by his peers as a business litigation Super Lawyer for Maryland and the District of Columbia in 2006.
