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Lynn is a member of the firm's Policy Committee. He is also Litigation Coordinator for the Wichita office. He handles a broad range of tort and business litigation and has extensive jury trial experience. His experience ranges from class actions, to insurance coverage disputes, to UCC issues, to complex products liability matters, including defending aircraft manufacturers in contract and products liability litigation. Lynn also serves as outside general counsel for manufacturing companies located in and near Wichita. Through his work for large manufacturing concerns located in Wichita, Lynn has handled product liability and commercial litigation cases in many different parts of the country and overseas. Lynn also represented one of the country’s fastest growing and largest retailers in connection with a government challenge to the legality of its basic advertising and business structure. Lynn also works extensively in health care, and represents both hospitals and physicians.
During his career, Lynn has handled all types of commercial litigation. He has represented a well-known manufacturer in its product liability litigation nationwide as it pertains to a number of its product lines. He has also handled consumer protection issues for a variety of clients, including representing one of the country's largest retailers in connection with a high profile challenge to its advertising practices. Lynn does a considerable amount of work for a number of hospitals in Kansas. Lynn also has class action experience successfully defeating attempted class certification.
Lynn has also had extensive experience drafting product warnings, product instructions, warranties, and product manuals. He is regularly consulted for advice on product design changes.
Lynn has been active on behalf of a number of community organizations, including:
Lynn is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, recognizing excellence among trial lawyers. Fellowship in LCA is by invitation only, and limited to 3,500 attorneys nationwide, representing less than one-half of 1 percent of American lawyers.Lynn is also recognized in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in Litigation: General Commercial. Past Chambers client quotes include: “[h]e is one of the most talented and well-prepared attorneys in the state,” “he has a strong knowledge of the client’s needs and the firm’s expertise, and is very effective in combining the two,” and he “demonstrates a good command of the courtroom, bringing a tenacious approach to products liability, general commercial, and health care-related litigation matters.” Lynn is included in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation and was selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers for Business Litigation.
In the 2008 edition of Benchmark Litigation, Lynn earned recognition as a “highly capable litigator” described by a client as a “solid, practical and pragmatic attorney with great instincts.”