Kyle R. Cummins

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Best Lawyers in America®
- Ones to Watch, Health Care Law, 2021
- Ones to Watch, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2021

University of Memphis, J.D., summa cum laude, 2014
- Editor-in-Chief, The University of Memphis Law Review
- Best Note, The University of Memphis Law Review Vol. 44
- Freshman Moot Court Champion and Best Oral Advocate
- CALI Awards: Products Liability, Evidence, Torts I, Civil Procedure II, Constitutional Law, Remedies, Securities Regulation, Education & Civil Rights
Auburn University, B.A., Political Science and Spanish, summa cum laude, 2011
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Honors College Graduate
Clerkships, Honorable S. Thomas Anderson, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2014-2015

Ridings v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Assisted defense team in Pradaxa preemption evidentiary hearing in the Western District of Missouri. Summary judgment for defendant. 444 F. Supp. 3d 973 (W.D. Mo. 2020).
Gallam v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Assisted trial team in second Pradaxa bellwether trial in Hartford, Connecticut Superior Court. Defense verdict.
Representation of national retailer in general-liability lawsuits across Tennessee.

Presenter, “My Product Is on the Market; Now What?,” Medmarc Insurance Group webinar (June 2017).
Co-Author, “Protected or Prosecutable? Mass Tort Plaintiff-Attorney Advertising,” DRI: For the Defense (Nov. 2016).
Co-Author, "Plaintiff Attorney Advertising: Protected or Prosecutable?" Pro Te Solutio, Vol. 8, No. 5, Spring 2016.
Author, “The Intersection of CLS and Hosanna-Tabor: The Ministerial Exception Applied to Religious Student Organizations,” 44 U. Mem. L. Rev. 141 (2013).