Kurt A. Kappes

Kurt A. Kappes is the Managing Shareholder of the Sacramento Office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s Complex Employment Litigation & Trials group. He has extensive lead trial experience in many complex litigation cases, including: class actions, commercial claims, trade secrets and employee mobility, computer fraud, non-compete, unfair competition, and Business and Professions Code Section 17200 actions. He has also represented clients in labor and employment issues, including advisory matters, trade secret audits, contracts, discrimination claims, whistleblower cases, and wrongful termination litigation.

Recognized by Super Lawyers magazine, as one of Northern California’s Super Lawyers, Kurt has argued cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the California Supreme Court, and the Third District Court of Appeals. He has also represented clients before the United States Supreme Court, as well as in administrative hearings, arbitrations (single and panel), writ proceedings, jury trials, and bench trials.

As an Adjunct Professor, Visiting Professor, and Visiting Lecturer in Law at King Hall School of Law, University of California, Davis, Kurt taught a course in trade secrets and employee mobility for nearly a decade.

Concentrations

•Trade secrets/unfair competition/employee mobility
•Commercial litigation
•Labor and employment
•Business torts
•Contract disputes

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Top Lawyer, Sacramento magazine
•Employment & Labor
•Litigation - Commercial
•Trade Secrets
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Northern California Super Lawyers
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Trade Secrets
•Selected, Sacramento Business Journal, Best of the Bar
•Team Member, a Law360 Employment Practice Group of the Year
•Team Member, a Law360 Appellate Practice Group of the Year
•Team Member, U.S. News - Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms Edition, Law Firm of the Year, Banking & Finance - Litigation
•Rated, AV Preeminent