KMK Partner Gregory M. Utter Inducted as Fellow to Litigation Counsel of America

Gregory M. Utter, a partner in the Litigation Group at Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL, was inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) at the LCA’s Spring Conference and Inductions of Fellows held in Monterey, California, May 6 and May 7, 2010.

The LCA is an honorary trial lawyer society comprised of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon superior ethical reputation as well as excellence and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels.

Gregory Utter’s practice is concentrated in the areas of class action, multi-district litigation, complex commercial litigation, and personal injury. He has significant trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Utter has successfully represented defendants and plaintiffs in litigation and has obtained verdicts and settlements in both commercial and personal injury related litigation, including serving as lead counsel in several class action lawsuits.

Utter is admitted to practice in Ohio, and he has been admitted pro hac vice to federal and state courts in large litigation cases in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas.  He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Cincinnati Bar Association.  Utter is an instructor with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.  He served as former president and member of the board of directors for the Southwestern Ohio Council on Child Abuse.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors at Keating Muething & Klekamp.

Utter is AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, signifying his peers rate him at the highest level of professional excellence.  Utter has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America^®since 2007, and he has been named to 2010 Ohio Super Lawyers^®.  Utter earned his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law (1981) and his B.B.A. from the University of Cincinnati, magna cum laude (1978). 

About Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
The law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK^®), based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a nationally-recognized law firm delivering sophisticated legal solutions to businesses of all sizes — from Fortune 500 corporations to start-up companies.  KMK has been recognized as a leading law firm in bankruptcy and restructuring law, corporate and mergers & acquisitions law, and general commercial litigation in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers^®.   KMK has been ranked #1 in Ohio in project finance law, corporate law, and municipal law and #1 in Cincinnati in employee benefits law, land use & zoning law, project finance law, and real estate law in the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in America^®.  Founded in 1954, KMK has approximately 115 lawyers and a support staff of 150 employees.