Kylie C. Kim

PARTNER

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Massey & Gail LLP
The Wharf
1000 Maine Ave. SW
Suite 450
Washington, D.C. 20024

Office: 202.652.4511
Direct: 202.780.0385
Fax: 312.379.0467

Kylie is a complex commercial litigator. She has litigated a variety of antitrust, healthcare, and securities cases. Kylie’s practice encompasses all phases of litigation from pre-litigation disputes through post-trial motions at both the trial and appellate levels.

Kylie graduated from Harvard Law School where she was Executive Online Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal and Article Editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review. She served as captain of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team and was a member of the Harvard Environmental Law Moot Court.

Before joining Massey & Gail, Kylie was with Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick PLLC in Washington, D.C., and clerked for The Honorable Charles R. Wilson, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and The Honorable Steven D. Merryday, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2014
  • Ewha W. University, B.A., 2011

  • The Honorable Charles R. Wilson, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • The Honorable Steven D. Merryday, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

  • New York
  • District of Columbia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • Runner-up for Litigator of the Week, AmLaw Litigation Daily (Apr. 21, 2023)
  • Dean’s Award for Community Leadership, Harvard Law School
  • Best Memorandum for Claimant, Nineteenth Vis Moot Competition
  • Honorable Mention for Respondent Memorandum, Ninth Vis East Moot Competition

  • “Divide On Standing In Patent Cases Needs Fed. Circ. Guidance,” Law360 (July 14, 2021)
  • “Navigating and Advancing Your Career,” Panelist, Bates White Economic Consulting (Apr. 13, 2021)
  • “When the Trains Don’t Come: Suing the Railroad,” Speaker, Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF) 39th Annual Institute (June 17-19, 2018)
  • “The Case Against Prudential Standing: Examining the Courts’ Use of Prudential Standing Before and After,” Lexmark, 85 Tenn. L. Rev. 303 (2017)

  • Secured Ninth Circuit reversal of California district court’s dismissal of a federal preemption action challenging a city ban of natural gas piping, California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley, No. 21-16278 (9th Cir.)
  • Secured dismissal of antitrust claims against Cisco Systems, Inc., in California federal court, Cisco Systems, Inc. et al. v. Dexon Computer, Inc., No. 3:20-cv-04926 (N.D. Cal.)
  • Successfully argued against dismissal of a taxpayer lawsuit for the refund of an unconstitutional tax in Florida state court, Emerson v. Fla. Dep’t of Rev., et al., No. 21-CA-00487 (Fla. 2d Jud. Cir.)
  • Obtained and defended an arbitral panel’s grant of a preliminary injunction in favor of industry-leading litigation finance company, Glaz LLC et al. v. Sysco Corporation, No. 1:23-cv-02489 (S.D.N.Y.)
  • Successfully excluded key economic expert testimony in a Section 5 lawsuit by the SEC against a financial-technology company, SEC v. Ripple Labs Inc. et al., No. 1:20-cv-10832 (S.D.N.Y.)
  • Represented Amazon Music in mechanical rate-setting proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Board, Phonorecords IV, No. 21-CRB-0001-PR (2023-2027)