Blaine C Kimrey

Practice Areas

Clients regularly hire Mr. Kimrey to defend putative consumer class actions on a nationwide basis. He is often retained on multiple cases simultaneously by clients or at the suggestion of insurance carriers because no client of Mr. Kimrey’s has ever suffered a final contested decision of class certification or an adverse final judgment.

Mr. Kimrey prides himself on having resolved every putative class action he has ever been involved in, easily more than 100, short of an adverse final judgment (whether that be by achieving outright victory or cost-efficient resolution). Class and direct litigation topics that Mr. Kimrey regularly handles include:

State law consumer protection claims

Data breach and security

Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)

Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)

Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)

Communications Decency Act (CDA) §230

CAN-SPAM Act

Common law and statutory privacy and right of publicity rights

Intellectual property

Defamation

Trade secrets

Insurance coverage

Miscellaneous other theories of alleged consumer harm, often with a communications or technology focus

Environmental and Toxic Torts

Mr. Kimrey is defending or has defended cases in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C. and Wisconsin.

Given the nature of his practice, Mr. Kimrey regularly performs internal investigations for his clients and often is in contact with the FBI, IRS, OCR, FCC, FTC and various other state and federal regulators and attorneys general.

A former journalist at two daily newspapers (the Austin American-Statesman and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette), Mr. Kimrey uses his background as a journalist to investigate matters and identify solutions for his clients. While his journalism background makes him an easy choice for retention by media, entertainment, advertising and technology companies, that background also serves him well in learning about and understanding other industries and areas of law, and bringing his writing, investigatory and communicative skills to bear on behalf of clients of all types.

Professional Memberships

Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)

Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States and European Union (CIPP/US & CIPP/E)

Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Chair, Teleseminar Committee, ABA Forum on Communications Law, 2012-2016

Chair, ABA TIPS Media, Privacy and Defamation Law Committee, 2009–2010

Co-Chair, KCMBA Media Law Committee, 2009–2011

Member, Chicago Bar Foundation Abraham Lincoln Circle of Justice

Member, Chicago Bar Foundation Nominating and Governance Committee, 2008–2016

Supporter, Foundation 65

Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Bar Foundation,

2010–2016

Member, Illinois Bar Association

Soccer Coach, Evanston AYSO, 2007–2016

Chair, Missouri Bar Media Law Committee, 2000–2003