CBLH | Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP - Intellectual Property and Business Law Firm with offices in Wilmington, Delaware; Washington, DC; Los Angeles, California

Practice Areas

Education

  • Widener University School of Law (J.D. 1982)
    Honors: Magna Cum Laude
    Law Review: Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, Editor-in-Chief, 1981 - 1982
  • Widener University (M.B.A. 1983)
    Major: Finance
  • University of Delaware (B.A. 1975)
    Major: Biology

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania, 1983
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1983
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1983
  • Delaware, 1984
  • U.S. District Court District of Delaware, 1985
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1990

Professional Experience

  • Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, 1985 - 2005

  • Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable James L. Latchum, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1983 - 1985

Certifications & Specialities

  • Andrew D. Christie Pro Bono Publico Award, 2006

  • A. Sherman Christensen Award, 2004

  • William Poole Memorial Award, 1999

  • New Lawyer Distinguished Service Award, 1993

Attorney Profile

Kevin F. Brady

Partner
The Nemours Building
1007 North Orange Street
P.O. Box 2207
Wilmington, DE 19899
Tel: (302) 888-6257
Fax: (302) 255-4257
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Kevin F. Brady is a partner in the firm's Business Law Group. Kevin is the vice-chair of the Business Law Group, a member of the firm’s Hiring Committee and the chair of the Information Security, Electronic Discovery and Records Management Group.

He represents clients in a variety of areas including corporate litigation, commercial litigation, electronic discovery and records management, insurance litigation and arbitration and mediation.

He is experienced as lead counsel or co-counsel on significant matters in the Delaware Court of Chancery, the Delaware Superior Court and the District of Delaware as well as multiple jurisdictions outside of Delaware.

Kevin has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America as a recommended practitioner in Delaware.

Professional Associations

  • Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court (1987 - Present)
  • Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilm., DE (Board of Directors, 1991 - 2004)
  • Delaware Superior Court (Mediator and Arbitrator, 1991 - Present)
  • American Inns of Court Foundation (Board of Trustees, 1998 - 2002)
  • Collins J. Seitz Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court (2002 - 2005)
  • American Inns of Court Endowment Fund (Secretary/Treasurer, 2002 - Present)
  • Delaware Supreme Court's Standing Committee on Professionalism (Member, 2002 - Present)
  • Board of Bar Examiners of the DE Supreme Court (Chair, 2003 - 2004)
  • Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention and Production (Member, 2003 - Present)
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (Mediator of appeals from Bankruptcy Court, 2004 - Present)
  • Ad Hoc Committee for Electronic Discovery of the U.S. District Court for the District of DE (Member, 2004)
  • Georgetown CLE Advisory Board for E-Discovery Institute (Member, 2005)
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (Ombudsman, 2006)
  • American Bar Association (Member)

News

Legal Publications

  • Brady, Kevin. "What Protection Does Rule 37(f) Provide? Is It Meant to be a 'Safe Harbor' or a 'Lighthouse'?" (Legal Intelligencer E-Evidence Supplement), June 11, 2007.  
  • Brady, Kevin. "Electronic Discovery - What's Ahead in 2007?" PIPLA (Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association) Newsletter, Spring 2007.
  • Brady, Kevin F. "Admissibility Problems with ESI? The Answer Just Might Be in a 'Grimm' Fairy Tale." Digital Discovery & I.C.-Evidence, June 2007.  
  • Brady, Kevin and Greenberg, Matthew. "Business Judgment Rule and Preservation Trigger." The National Law Journal, Mar. 2007.  
  • Brady, Kevin and Oveissi Field, Carmen. "Back Up Tapes and Rule 26(B)(2)(B): Is There A Catch-22?" Digital Discovery & e-Evidence 7.3 (2007).  
  • "The Important Role of Records Management Policies in the Upcoming Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure." CSCflash Dec. 2006.
  • Brady, Kevin F. "e-Discovery and the Upcoming Changes to the Federal Rules: Tips to Prepare You and Your Client." IN RE: The Journal of The Delaware State Bar Association Nov. 2006.  
  • Brady, Kevin. "Preservation in the Face of Conflicting Standards: Lessons Learned From Rambus I and II." Digital Discovery & e-Evidence 6.8 (2006).  
  • Brady, Kevin. "Achieving a Useful Litigation Hold." The National Law Journal Jul. 2005.  
  • Brady, Kevin, and co-author. "Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Representing Your Client's Electronic Discovery Interests to the Court." The E-Discovery Standard, Lexis/Nexis: Applied Discovery's Electronic Discovery Newsletter, Summer 2004.
  • Brady, Kevin, and Matthew Cohen. "Protecting Against Claims of Spoliation." The National Law Journal, In Focus, Electronic Discovery, July 5, 2004.  
  • Brady, Kevin. "District of Delaware Establishes Default Standard for Discovery of Electronic Data." Digital Discovery and E-Evidence 4.8 (2004).
  • Brady, Kevin and co-author. "Sarbanes-Oxley and e-Data: Murky Ethical Obligations Present New Challenges for Attorneys." Digital Discovery and E-Evidence Dec. 2003.
  • Brady, Kevin. "Hey, Who Put These Ethical Rules in My SOX Drawyer?" The Bencher, American Inns of Court publication, Nov.-Dec. 2003.
  • Brady, Kevin. "The Ethical Implications of Fiduciary Duties in Business Entity Law." Widener University School of Law, Corporate Law Symposium, Co-Chair of Rountable Discussion. Apr. 2003.
  • Brady, Kevin. "Mentoring - Who Needs It?" The Bencher, American Inns of Court Publication Jan. 2003.
  • Brady, Kevin, and co-author. "Case Management and Other Pretrial Considerations." The Insurer's Perspective, 719 (1995): 355.
  • Brady, Kevin, and co-author. "Emerging Issues in Environmental Insurance Coverage Litigation." In Seventh Annual Insurance Litigation Institute, Prentice Hall, 1992.