Press Release 03.18.25
Attracts praise for his ‘amazing advocacy style’ and ‘broad strategic view’” and is “recognized by peers as being one of the most talented appellate attorneys in California.
Kevin Fong has helped Pillsbury shape the law and establish important precedents for more than four decades.
A former president of the prestigious California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Kevin has appeared in 135 published decisions in California and federal appellate courts, and won five of six California Supreme Court arguments.
Representative Experience
- Achieved precedent-setting win in the Ninth Circuit, which held that state and local governments may not tax permanent improvements on land held by the U.S. in trust for an Indian tribe.
- Successfully secured Ninth Circuit’s affirmance of a judgment following a jury’s finding of infringement of our client’s “Comic-Con” trademarks and an award of nearly $4 million in attorney’s fees.
- Obtained a California Supreme Court reversal of a $6 million libel judgment against a newspaper that published articles asserting misconduct in conviction of a Chinatown gang murderer.
Professional Highlights
- Honored by Chambers USA for Appellate-California (2000 – 2021).
- Featured speaker at national and regional conferences on issues of constitutional law, appellate advocacy, diversity and career development.
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Trailblazer Award, (2008.
Education
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J.D., Harvard Law School, 1979
cum laude, Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law ReviewA.B., Harvard College, 1976
magna cum laude
Admissions
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California
Clerkships
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Law Clerk to Chief Judge Constance Baker Motley of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York