Honors and Awards:

• Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the East
• American Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
• ABA Litigation Section, Award of Excellence, 2006
• Living the Dream Award, Lawyers' Committee for Civil RIghts of the San Francisco Bay Area, 2011

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Admitted to practice in New Mexico, 1973
• Admitted to practice in California, 1973
• Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, 1974
• Admitted to practice in New York, 1988
• Admitted to practice in Virginia  , 1991

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Federal Practice Task Force, Co-chair, 2002 - 2009
• Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Registered Member
• The Flintco Companies, Inc. , Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1985 - Present
• Flint Industries, Inc., Director and Executive Committee Member and Co-Manager
• National Board of Trustees, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Member and Audit Committee Member, 2007 - Present
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the Bay Area, San Francisco, California, 2003 - Present
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the Bay Area, San Francisco, California, Co-Chair, 2005 - 2007
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the Bay Area, San Francisco, California, Member, Director, 2004 - Present
• Stanford Associates, 40th Reunion, Co-chair
• Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, 2004 - Present
• Center for International Security and Cooperation, Sustaining Contributor, 2004 - Present
• Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), Member, 2001 - Present
• National Advisory Board, Member, Chair, Development Subcommittee
• Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, U.S. Presidential Appointment with Senate Confirmation, 1994 - Present
• Stanford Associates, Member, 2006 - Present
• Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development (IAIA), Executive Committee Member, 1997 - 2011
• Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development (IAIA), Trustee, Chair , 2007 - 2011
• Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development (IAIA), Trustee, Chair, 1997 - 2001
• Union Internationale des Avocats, Member, 2007 - Present
• American Constitution Society (Northern California Chapter), Founding Member, 2004 - Present
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Member
• COMBAR, the Commercial Bar Association, London, U.K., Honorary Member, 1999 - Present
• District of Columbia Circuit Judicial Conference, 1998
• District of Columbia Federal Court Advisory Committee under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, Chair, Trial Practice Subcommittee, 1992 - 1994
• District of Columbia Federal Court Advisory Committee under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, Member
• California State Bar, Member, Governance in the Public Interest Task Force, 2010 - 2011
• California State Bar, Member, Board of Governors, District Four (San Francisco and Marin Counties), 2010 - Present
• California State Bar, California State Bar Delegate to the House of Delegates, 2009 - Present
• ABA, Litigation Section, Co-chair, Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege, 2010 - 2011
• ABA, Litigation Section, Co-Chair, Special Committee on the Future of Civil Litigation, 2009 - 2010
• ABA, Litigation Section, Representative to the Civil Rules Advisory Committee on restyling the Fed. R. Civ. P., 2002 - 2005
• ABA, Litigation Section, Co-chair, Working Group on U.S.-Canada Cross-Border Class Action Protocols, 2008 - 2011
• ABA, Litigation Section, Co-Chair, 2002 - 2009
• ABA, Litigation Section, Federal Practice Task Force, 2002 - 2011
• ABA, Litigation Section, Award of Excellence, 2006
• ABA, Litigation Section, Life Fellow, 2004
• ABA, Litigation Section, Liaison, Civil Rules Advisory Committee of the Federal Judicial Conference, 2000 - 2001
• ABA, Litigation Section, Liaison, Federal Judicial Conference, 1996 - 1999
• ABA, Litigation Section, Federal Practice Task Force, 1998 - 2002
• ABA, Litigation Section, Discovery Practice Standards Task Force , 1997 - 1999
• ABA, Litigation Section, Member, Civil Practice Standards Task Force, 1996 - 1998
• ABA, Litigation Section, Council Member, 1996 - 1999
• ABA, Litigation Section, Nominating Committee, 1996 - 1997, 1998 - 1999, 2005 - 2006
• ABA, Litigation Section, Federal Initiatives Task Force, Chair, 1995 - 1996
• ABA, Litigation Section, Task Force on the Justice System, Co-Chair, 1994 - 1995
• ABA, Litigation Section, Task Force on District Court Advisory Groups under the Civil Justice Reform Act, D.C. Circuit Member, 1990 - 1991
• ABA, Litigation Section, Member, Special Review Committee on the Federal Civil Rules, 1990 - 1992
• ABA, Litigation Section, Co-Chair, Federal Procedure Committee, 1989 - 1992
• ABA, Litigation Section, Vice-Chair, Environmental Law Committee, 1988 - 1989
• American Bar Association, Task Force on Federal Pleading Standards, Member, 2010
• American Bar Association, Governmental Affairs, Liaison, Standing Committee, 2009 - 2010
• American Bar Association, California State Bar Delegate to the House of Delegates, 2009 - 2011
• American Bar Association, Segment Value Membership Initiative, Member, 2008
• American Bar Association, Member, Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements, 2008 - 2011
• American Bar Association, Task Force on Gun Violence, Founding Member, 1993 - 1994
• American Bar Association, Member, Coordinating Committee on Civil Justice Reform, 1990 - 1993
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1981

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Other writings can be found on Mr. Kieve's resume
• ABA Guidelines for Litigation Conduct, 1998
• ABA Civil Trial Practice Standards, 1998
• ABA Litigation Section Comments on the Final Report of the Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeal, 1999
• Primary Editor, ABA Discovery Practice Standards, 1999
• Ethical Issues: 40 Solutions for Litigators, (Contributing Author), ABA Section of Litigation, 2005
• ABA Policy on Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Material, 2006
• ABA Policy on Expert Witness Reports, 2006
• Primary Editor, ABA Standards for Final Pretrial Submissions and Orders, 2008
• Expert Witnesses, (Contributing Author), ABA Section of Litigation, 2010

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Has been an arbitrator or counsel in a variety of domestic and international arbitrations, including ones involving the management of a major luxury resort; the development of a petrochemical plant; and the construction of an LNG facility
• Other matters: Regularly advised Mobil and Mobil Oil on a broad range of issues
• Insurance Litigation and Arbitrations: Represented Mobil in federal court litigation over the coverage for the claims in the Mitchell/Raymond/Christopher cases, as well as in two U.K. arbitrations over the meaning and wrongful termination of two of the company's multi-million dollar insurance policies
• Mitchell v. Mobil Oil Co. / Raymond v. Mobil Oil Co. / Christopher v. Mobil Oil Co.: Successfully represented the company in suits in multiple actions for changing its pension plan by modifying the discount rate that would apply to its "lump sum" option (versus an annuity), but allowing employees to retire under the previous rate
• Exxon Valdez: Served as separate outside counsel advising Mobil, one of the minority shareholders in the pipeline, in the numerous suits, including the federal criminal investigation, in the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. All suits were settled on favorable terms or dismissed
• Obtained a complete dismissal and the Ninth Circuit affirmance of a suit against Crown's former directors seeking $600 million for claims of "deepening insolvency" and fraudulent transfer
• Obtained a complete dismissal of two federal suits claiming multi-million dollar damages for IBM's alleged role in assisting the start-up of a web portal site in China
• Defended GE Energy in a multimillion dollar suit by Calpine seeking to avoid paying the termination fees for canceling a turbine purchase agreement. Represented GE Commercial Aviation Services in suits against an aircraft conversion company for breach of contract and fraud in connection with the conversion of aircraft from passenger to freighter configurations. Represented GE Energy in a suit by the New York Power Authority over GE's role in the construction of a power plant in New York City. He also represented GE Energy in a complex dispute over the fees it owed under a co-generation agreement during the nation's 2000 electrical energy crisis
• Represented Dr. Enrico Bondi, the Italian extraordinary commissioner for Parmalat S.p.A., in the U.S. courts against Deloitte and Grant Thornton for accounting malpractice and other claims arising out of the $14 billion bankruptcy of the company, the largest in European history and referred to as the "Enron of Europe." Also represented Dr. Bondi in two separate U.S. suits against Citigroup and Bank of America for fraud and other claims arising out of the company's bankruptcy
• Represents the Trustee of a bank holding company in litigation against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation arising out of the FDIC's takeover of the holding company's subsidiary bank and the transfer of $127 million from the holding company to the subsidiary bank prior to the FDIC's takeover
• Represented Silgan Containers, the largest manufacturer of metal containers in the United States, in two litigations against an AIG subsidiary seeking insurance coverage for losses it sustained as a result of supplying defective metal cans to a major produce manufacturer

Educational Background:

• Stanford University, 1968
• Oxford University, B.A. in Jurisprudence, With Honours, 1971
• University of New Mexico School of Law, JD, 1972
• Oxford University, M.A., 1975