Kimberlyn Sisalouis represents clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings in state, federal, and international venues. She has handled a wide variety of matters, including commercial disputes, breach of contract, products liability, negligence, and consumer protection matters, as well as nationwide class actions and baseball-style arbitration.
Kimberlyn has experience in all phases of litigation, from prelitigation counseling through final resolution. She has drafted pleadings and dispositive and pretrial motions, managed written discovery and third-party subpoenas, taken depositions, and prepared fact and expert witnesses for depositions. She also has experience developing strategy for, reviewing, and managing productions in large-scale, multijurisdictional discovery. Kimberlyn has prepared matters for arbitration and mediation and has negotiated favorable settlements on behalf of Firm clients. As lead counsel, she has secured complete defense verdicts in consumer arbitrations.
Kimberlyn maintains an active pro bono practice. Through Jones Day's Border Project, she has counseled asylum seekers and helped represent immigrants seeking asylum in the United States. She also argued in federal court and won the release from immigration custody of a client who had been granted relief under the Convention Against Torture.
Experience
- 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, U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Extern, Office of the District Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee (Fall 2021)
- Recognized as a "rising star" in business litigation by Super Lawyers (2027)