Stephen B. Kinnaird

Washington, D.C.
875 15th Street,
Washington, 20005
202.736.8153
stephenkinnaird@paulhastings.com
Firm: 
PaulHastings
Practice: 
Communications
Practice: 
Economic & Regulatory Litigation
Practice: 
General Appellate
Practice: 
Litigation
Practice: 
Telecommunications
Practice: 
Transportation
Practice: 
United States Supreme Court
Position: 
Partner
Admissions 
U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 2000
U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1998
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1997
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1998
U.S. District Court, E.D. of Michigan, 2001
District of Columbia, 1997
New York

Cases Argued

Biography: 

STEPHEN B. KINNAIRD is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of PaulHastings. Mr. Kinnaird has, among other things, briefed cases before the United States Supreme Court concerning natural gas rights, the Federal Railroad Safety Act, the Federal Employers' Liability Act, the Social Security Act, the Telecommunications Act, the Takings Clause, and the Eleventh Amendment, as well as representing various petitioners and amici before the Supreme Court. He has briefed and argued a number of cases in the courts of appeals and district court, and he has worked on a variety of criminal and civil matters involving, in addition to the areas of law noted above, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Federal Locomotive Inspection Act, the Patent and Copyright Acts, ERISA, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Veterans' Judicial Review Act, the bank fraud and securities laws, punitive damages, and constitutional and state law, among others.

Mr. Kinnaird served as law clerk to Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court and to Judge John M. Walker, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Kinnaird was a management consultant in the corporate strategy practice of the firm of Booz, Allen & Hamilton.

Education 
Yale Law School (J.D., 1994)
Oxford University (M.A., 1987, Rhodes Scholarship)
Yale University (B.A., 1984)