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Kirk Jenkins, Esq.

Partner

kjenkins@kahanafeld.com

Profile

Kirk Jenkins is a partner in Kahana Feld’s San Francisco office and is a member of the National Appellate Litigation & Consulting Group. Kirk has nearly four decades of experience as a litigator and appellate advocate. He has handled a broad spectrum of complex litigation, with a particular focus in antitrust and trade regulation in both civil and criminal matters, including price-fixing, monopolization, essential facilities, and tying claims.  

His experience also spans class actions, constitutional litigation, employment law, personal injury, insurance coverage, consumer protection, privacy, intellectual property, whistleblower actions, and sophisticated business and contract disputes. He has served as lead appellate counsel in more than 250 appeals and as an appellate consultant to dozens of trial teams nationwide.  

In addition, Kirk is an accomplished writer and researcher in judicial analytics, regression, and decision-tree modeling, and he frequently speaks on appellate law, analytics and emerging legal issues. 

Qualifications

Location

  • San Francisco

Admissions

  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude (1986)
  • Harvard College, B.A., Economics, magna cum laude (1983) 

Community Involvement

  • Certified Specialist in Appellate Law, California Board of Legal Specialization (2002-Present)
  • Lawyers Defending American Democracy, Co-State Chair
  • American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Elected Fellow
  • California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Elected Fellow
    • President (2020-2021)
  • American Law Institute Members’ Consultative Groups, Elected Member
    • Restatement of the Law, Constitutional Torts Restatement of the Law Liability Insurance
    • Restatement Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Loss
    • Restatement Third, Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm
    • Restatement Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons  

Recognition

Best Lawyers in America®Appellate Law (2010-2025)