Timothy D. Kuhls manages our Las Vegas office. His civil litigation practice focuses primarily on the defense of various premises liability, products liability and related claims. Mr. Kuhls received both his Juris Doctorate and LL.M. degrees from the University of New Hampshire School of Law in 2012; he received his Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Applied Economics in Management from Cornell University in 2007. Mr. Kuhls is an active supporter of local community efforts and spends time promoting Las Vegas’ pro bono initiative as a Child Advocacy Project volunteer.
Mr. Kuhls is admitted to practice in Nevada, New York and New Jersey, and is also manages the firm’s Las Vegas office.
Mr. Kuhls has also yielded numerous favorable opinions and legal precedent, including:
- Wilson, D. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2016 WL 1595351 (D.Nev. Apr. 19, 2016) (order granting summary judgment in favor of retailer in products liability action)
- Wilson, K. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2016 WL 1169456, at *1-2 (D.Nev. Mar. 21, 2016) (excluding over $1.2 million in past and future damages)
- Logan v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 2:15-cv-1116-JCM-VCF (D.Nev. Mar. 4, 2016) (order excluding untimely disclosed future medical expenses where the plaintiff disclosed additional future medical expenses nearly three months after the initial disclosure deadline and just days prior to the expert disclosure deadline)
- Greene, Jackie v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2016 WL 829981 (D.Nev. Jan. 26, 2016) (order granting Walmart’s motion for dismissal sanctions), adopted by Greene v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2016 WL 829977 (D.Nev. Mar. 3, 2016)
- Winfield v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2016 WL 259690 at *1-4 (D.Nev. Jan. 20, 2016) (order granting exclusion sanctions and detailing two prior exclusion orders in the same matter, including exclusion of over $4,000,000 in damages), affirmed by Winfield v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2016 WL 1169450 (D.Nev. Mar. 22, 2016)
- Love v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., A699214-C, Judgment (Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County, Nevada, August 13, 2015) (defense judgment following defense award at arbitration)
- Morton v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 620 Fed.Appx. 583 (9th Cir. 2015) (Ninth Circuit order affirming summary judgment in retailer’s favor in premises liability action)
- Staples v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2015 WL 476172 (D.Nev. Feb. 4, 2015) (order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant on premises liability action)
- Montilla v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2015 WL 5458781 at * 3 (D.Nev. Sept. 16, 2015) (order excluding over $100,000 in past medical expenses)
- Mumford v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 2:14-cv-00787, ECF No. 24 (D.Nev. Jan. 22, 2015) (order excluding $713,000 in future damages)
- Shakespear v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2:12-cv-01064 –MMD-PAL, Jury Verdict (D.Nev. Nov. 7, 2014) (defense verdict following jury trial)
- Aleksanyan v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., A686112-C, Judgment (Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County, Nevada, November 5, 2014) (defense judgment following defense award at arbitration)
- Esquivel v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2:13-cv-01968 –GMN-CWH, Order Granting Walmart’s Motion for Sanctions (D.Nev. Oct. 30, 2014) (order excluding $759,000 in future medical expenses, excluding plaintiff’s neuropsychologist expert, and excluding all evidence of traumatic brain injury and residual cognitive impairment)
- Grady v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2014 WL 3611952 (D.Nev. July 21, 2014) (order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant on premises liability action)
- Smith, T. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2014 WL 3548206 (D.Nev. July 16, 2014) (order granting defense motion to exclude $164,028 in future medical expenses and excluding retained medical expert)
- Alcantara v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 321 P.3d 912 (Nev. 2014) (Nevada Supreme Court opinion affirming trial court’s dismissal of defendant on issue preclusion grounds)
- McConnell v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2:12–cv–01601–RCJ–PAL, Jury Verdict (D.Nev. Feb. 24, 2014) (defense verdict following jury trial)
- Williams-Harvest v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 508 Fed.Appx. 679 (9th Cir. 2013) (order affirming summary judgment in premises liability action against retailer)
- Rios v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2:11-cv-01592-APG-GWF, Min. Order (D.Nev. Dec. 11, 2013) (order excluding $171,500 in future medical expenses)
- Patton v. Wal–Mart Stores, Inc., 2013 WL 6158461, at *5 (D.Nev. Nov. 20, 2013) (order excluding $129,084 in past medical expenses)
- Green, John v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2:13-cv-00244-CMN-NJK (D.Nev. Sept. 16, 2013) (order granting defendant’s motion for sanctions and recommendation for dismissal of action)
- Tzvetanova v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2:12-cv-02069-RCJ-CWH, Docket No. 95 (D.Nev. Aug. 6, 2013) (order granting motion to exclude expert witnesses, evidence and over $840,000 in damages)
- Perez v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2013 WL 3427900 (D.Nev. July 8, 2013) (order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant in premises liability action)
- Shakespear v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2013 WL 3491172 at *7 (D.Nev. July 8, 2013) (order excluding Plaintiff’s two retained medical experts and excluding $228,000 in future medical expenses)
- Smith, D. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2012 WL 4051925, at * 3 (D.Nev. Sept. 13, 2012) (order excluding $320,000 in damages)
- Olaya v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2012 WL 3262875 at *4 (D.Nev. Aug. 7, 2012) (order excluding $1.2 million in future medical expenses and future lost earnings)
- Baltodano v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2011 WL 3859724 at *3-4 (D.Nev. Aug. 31, 2011) (order excluding $429,000 in future medical expenses)
- Smith, D. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2010 WL 3724235 (D.Nev. Sept. 15, 2010) (order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant in premises liability action)