Kara Cunningham is the Business Litigation practice group leader. She focuses her practice in the areas of complex commercial, banking, and consumer protection disputes, including class action defense.

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

• Business litigation
• Consumer credit/protection litigation
• Class actions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999         Steptoe & Johnson
1995-99    Hunton & Williams LLP
1993-94    Judicial Clerk, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

INDUSTRY/ CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Secretary & Board of Directors, YWCA of Charleston
• Chair, Alumni Admission Program & Board of Directors, Charleston WV Chapter, Washington & Lee University Alumni Association
• Leadership West Virginia, Class of 2001

AWARDS / HONORS

• Super Lawyers® Rising Star
• “Generation Next,” The State Journal 2007
• Graduated cum laude, Harvard Law School
• Graduated summa cum laude, Washington & Lee University

PUBLICATIONS

• Presenter, “Product Liability & Doing Business in the U.S.,” 4/07, Council of America States in Europe/WV Development Office Seminar, United Kingdom
• CLE Presenter, “Ethics Issues Affecting Corporate Counsel” 10/05, NiSource Legal Department, Charleston, WV
• Author and CLE Speaker, “Hot Topics in Commercial Litigation,” sections on Business Torts, Contribution and Indemnification, and Corporate Governance Disputes 6/02, PESI Seminar, Charleston & Morgantown, WV
• Range, J.J. & Cunningham, K.L., 1997, “Rethinking the Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege – A Postscript,” 11 Benefits Law Journal 69
• Range, J.J. & Cunningham, K.L., 1998, “Rethinking the Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege in Light of Varity Corporation v. Howe,” 10 Benefits Law Journal 25