Kelly A. Baldini

Kelly Baldini represents companies in complex civil litigation involving life sciences, mass torts, product liability, intellectual property, and commercial disputes.

Kelly works closely with pharmaceutical and medical device companies, insurance companies, and other businesses through all phases of litigation to develop practical strategies that achieve efficient and favorable results.

Kelly has substantial experience in high-stakes matters in both trial and appellate courts. She has helped secure complete defense verdicts, summary judgment victories, and successful appeals in cases involving product liability, copyright infringement, breach of contract, and related business claims.

Outside the office, Kelly enjoys traveling, playing arcade basketball, group fitness classes, and playing with her golden retriever, Boomer.

Education: Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2017); CALI Awards for Lawyering Skills II, Federal Income Taxation, Securities Regulation, Law Practice Management, Legal Profession, Corporations, Introduction to Commercial Law, Conflict of Laws, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and Trusts and Estates; Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Editor in Chief; Judge James O. Monroe, Jr. Award for excellence in writing, Outstanding Service Award for the most significant contribution; Arizona State University (B.A. in Business Law, cum laude, 2014); Peer Mentor, W. P. Carey School of Business

State Admissions: Missouri, 2018; Illinois, 2017

Federal Admissions: United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois

Service Areas: Life Sciences Litigation; Mass Tort & Product Liability; Copyright Law; Business Litigation; Health & Life Sciences

Won an appeal in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the Western District of Missouri’s grant of summary judgment and award of attorney’s fees to the defendant in a copyright infringement lawsuit involving architectural plans
Obtained a complete defense verdict in a two-week jury trial as second-chair trial counsel for a major pharmaceutical company in a case before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri involving claims of copyright infringement, breach of contract, the Missouri Computer Tampering Act, and civil conspiracy—ranked the #2 defense win in Missouri for 2020 by Missouri Lawyers Media
Obtained summary judgment and an award of attorney’s fees for a defendant in a copyright infringement lawsuit in the Western District of Missouri against architects and home builders

Publications

“The Vulnerabilities of Medical and Wearable Devices,” DRI’s In-House Defense Quarterly (Summer 2020)
“Who Is Responsible When Someone Commits Suicide? An Examination of Turcios v. DeBruler Co., 2015 IL 117962, 32 N.E. 3d 1117,” 41 S. Ill. U. L.J. 137 (2016)