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
- Defended an Am Law 100 firm in a malicious prosecution lawsuit. Obtained a complete dismissal of the lawsuit through a strategic motion, protecting our client’s reputation, and defended the judgment on appeal, resulting in a unanimous affirmation by the appellate court.
- Negotiated a favorable settlement on behalf of a leading importer and distributor of specialty foods and beverages in a high-stakes federal litigation brought by a competitor. The multimillion-dollar claims included breach of a distribution agreement, trademark infringement and defamation.
- Counseled a leading cosmetics manufacturer through a “business divorce” with its primary commercial partner, who repeatedly refused to make contractually-obligated payments based on spurious allegations that our client breached the parties’ contract. After attempting to resolve the dispute amicably, we ultimately advised our client to exercise its contractual right to terminate the parties’ multi-year manufacturing agreement for cause, which enabled our client to continue operations without the threat of prolonged litigation.
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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