Kevin T. Schutte
PHONE: 214.619.8355 (Dallas) | 720.488.5438 (Denver)
EMAIL: kschutte@os.law
Kevin T. Schutte is a partner in the firm’s Dallas and Denver offices.
Mr. Schutte’s practice focuses on general commercial and business litigation at both the trial and appellate court levels, as well as arbitrations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
While Mr. Schutte represents clients in a variety of industries, he works closely with the firm’s banking and financial services clients with matters concerning financial crisis advisory and litigation, financial regulatory, government relations strategy, regulatory enforcement actions and investigations, the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), mortgage banking, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), breach of loan agreements and securing collateral, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), cyber security and data breach issues, lender liability, derivative shareholder disputes, and corporate fiduciary duties.
Mr. Schutte previously served as the interim deputy general counsel for a publicly traded financial institution, overseeing the bank’s litigation department. In this role, he gained valuable boardroom experience dealing with some of the most pressing litigation issues facing banks.
In his general commercial litigation practice, Mr. Schutte represents clients in disputes involving breach of contract, fraud, securities fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, real estate, intellectual property, and labor and employment, including EEOC complaints, wrongful termination, and enforcement of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements.
Mr. Schutte was named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2021-2024 for his work in Commercial Litigation.
Recent Notable Matters
- Successfully obtained a multi-million dollar jury verdict on behalf of a former employee against his former employer for willful violations of the Colorado Wage Claim Act and breach of contract relating to wrongfully withholding his bonus payment.
- Obtained a judgment in excess of $10,000,000 in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado prosecuting theft of trade secrets, breach of contract, patent infringement, and unfair competition claims for a major, foreign products manufacturer.
- Prevailed in a bench trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, defending against a multi-million dollar misappropriation of trade secrets claim and successfully defended the trial win on appeal in the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit.
- Obtained a No-Action Letter from a regulatory agency on behalf of bank officer and director.
- Achieved dismissals of EEOC complaints on behalf of a former employer.
- Successfully defended bank in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against claims of promissory estoppel by a former employee.
- Achieved a favorable jury verdict in a fraudulent transfer case on behalf of judgment creditor against a former shareholder of an insolvent judgment debtor.
- Obtained a take-nothing summary judgment in a multi-million dollar copyright infringement and fraud case involving an allegedly stolen advertising campaign
- Secured a $39M summary judgment award in favor of bank for breach of Credit Agreement in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
- Obtained a multi-million dollar jury verdict in an environmental contamination case on behalf of the landlord against tenant.
- Successfully obtained emergency injunctive relief against ex-employees attempting to steal customer lists and other trade secrets.
Achieved a jury verdict on behalf of a client against its former agent for tortious interference with existing contract, conversion of proprietary information, and breach of fiduciary duty after the former agent who stole customer files in an attempt to compete for the client’s business.
