Kimberlyn Hughes's practice focuses on complex arbitration proceedings and civil litigation matters in state, federal, and international venues. She has handled numerous arbitration and litigation matters, including baseball-style arbitration and nationwide class actions. Her experience encompasses several aspects of litigation, including working with expert and fact witnesses, fact investigation, motions practice, responding to third-party subpoenas, and general discovery matters.
Kimberlyn's recent experience includes representing Experian, one of the three national credit reporting agencies in the United States, in individual consumer litigation under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
Kimberlyn also maintains an active pro bono practice by participating in Cleveland's Right to Counsel Program, which provides free legal counsel to low-income individuals in certain eviction cases. She also has counseled asylum seekers and represented immigrants seeking asylum through Jones Day's Border Project.
Expérience
- Vanderbilt University (J.D. 2022; Authorities Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law; Grace Wilson Sims Prize for Excellence in Student Writing in Transnational Law; Hunt National Moot Court Award; American College of Trial Lawyers Medal for Excellence in Advocacy); University of Georgia (B.S. in Political Science and B.S. in International Affairs, with a minor in French, summa cum laude 2018)
- Ohio and U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio
- Extern, Office of the District Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee (Fall 2021)