Overview
Will Kukin protects clients’ interests in various high-stakes commercial disputes. He helps companies and individuals resolve their most pressing legal challenges by crafting business-driven litigation strategies tailored to their needs.
Will handles complex litigation matters, with a particular focus on contract disputes and business torts. Will’s practice includes a wide range of corporate and M&A-related litigation, financial services and securities matters, employment disputes, restrictive covenant cases, and intellectual property disputes. He positions clients for success while working on all aspects of the case, drawing on his experience litigating matters all the way through trial and appeal.
When Will joins a case, he dives deep into the facts and the law to help clients evaluate and pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of their position. He works tirelessly to develop winning legal arguments and uncover key evidence.
Before he joined Davis+Gilbert, Will was a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison where he worked on major corporate litigation cases for Fortune 100 financial institutions, mass media and communications companies, and energy and technology companies. Will’s diverse experience also includes his pro bono representation of clients in civil rights cases.
Representative Experience
- Represented an Am Law 100 firm in a malicious prosecution lawsuit. Obtained a complete dismissal of the complaint through a strategic motion and defended the judgment on appeal, resulting in a unanimous affirmation by New York's appellate court.
- Represented a major wealth management company in pursuing claims against former employees who solicited clients to transfer their assets to a competitor. Defended the client against the employees’ counterclaims of discrimination and retaliation in a contentious arbitration, ultimately resolving the matter through a favorable settlement.
- Defended a UK research consultancy and its CEO against multimillion-dollar claims from three former executives, who alleged wrongful termination for cause. Our strategic motions to dismiss not only disposed of many of the executives’ ancillary claims, but also substantially narrowed their primary breach of contract allegations, which allowed our clients to settle the lawsuit on favorable terms.
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Credentials
Education
- Yale Law School (J.D., 2017)
- Executive Editor, Yale Law and Policy Review
- Member, Ethics Bureau at Yale
- Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 2012)
Bar Admissions
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District CourtSouthern District of New York
- U.S. District CourtEastern District of New York
Associations
Member, Davis+Gilbert Pro Bono Committee
Member, New York City Bar Association