MKB News & Headlines

July 1, 2007: Moran Kiker Brown is proud to be a sponsor of the upcoming I Love The Tavern Triathlon (formerly called the Robious Landing Sprint).  Click here  for more information.

June, 2007: Brickford Y. Brown will be participating as the Moderator at Mealey's Benzene Litigation Conference in Santa Monica, California on June 5; Mr. Brown will conduct an in-house roundtable discussion entitled "Proactive Resolution of Cases."

May, 2007:  Dennis Kiker   will be speaking at the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys' Spring Meeting on May 10 on "Defending the Motion to Compel."

May, 2007:  Dennis Kiker  will be participating as a panel member on May 22 for the DRI's E-Discovery Audio Conference entitled "Preserving Privilege in the Electronic Age." 

April, 2007:  Dennis Kiker will speak at the DRI E-Discovery Seminar on "After the Litigation Hold:  Acquiring Electronically Stored Information, Finding Responsive Documents and Producing Them."

March, 2007 - Brick Brown, Dewayne Lonas and Pam Sellers, along with legal assistant Vicki Douglas recently received a defense verdict on behalf of CNH America LLC and Old Dominion Tractor and Equipment Company, Inc. in a $10 million products liability action.  The lawsuit involved a former Virginia Power employee who claimed that he was pitched out of a loader backhoe by an improperly designed door and an improperly manufactured component part which resulted in a neck injury which left him totally disabled.  The complaint also asserted various warranty claims, all of which were dismissed on summary judgment prior to trial.  Following a four day trial, the jury deliberated briefly and then returned a verdict in favor of defendants on all remaining claims.

February, 2007 - Articles by Dennis Kiker and Christopher J. Wesser have been published in the February 2007 issue of DRI's For the Defense.  Dennis is currently serving as Chair of the DRI Technology Committee; please click here to read Rolling with the Changes.  To read Chris' article, Ethical Considerations and the Use of Email , click here .  

January, 2007:  Dennis Kiker  gave a seminar at the University of Richmond School of Law on "Opening Statements and Closing Arguments".

January 2007 - Congratulations to C. Dewayne Lonas and Christopher J. Wesser  for their recognition as Virginia Super Lawyer Rising Stars for 2007.  The annual Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Star list comprises the top attorneys in Virginia who are either 40 or under or who have been practicing 10 or fewer years.

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Dennis R. Kiker 
Contact Information

4110 East Parham Road
Richmond, Virginia 23228
(804) 421-6242
(804) 497-7543 (fax)
dkiker@morankikerbrown.com

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Mr. Kiker's practice is devoted to helping clients prepare for and respond to the demands of litigation.  He provides national and regional representation of manufacturers and other businesses, coordinating the efforts of in-house counsel, business personnel, and local counsel to initiate and respond to discovery, with a particular emphasis on the protection of corporate assets, including trade secrets and other intellectual properties, through cohesive discovery and motion practice strategy.  He also counsels clients on risk management, records retention, and litigation preparedness, including the retention, destruction, and discovery of electronically stored information.  Mr. Kiker also counsels clients on product standards and regulations, contract and license drafting and interpretation, and technological solutions to legal problems, including the development and implementation of extranet solutions, and electronic records management and production.

He is admitted to practice in Virginia, Arizona and Florida and is a member of the Defense Research Institute, Product Liability Advisory Council, Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production, Henrico County Bar Association, and the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce - Henrico County Business Council.  He is also a member of the Virginia State Bar Third District Committee on Lawyer Discipline. 

Mr. Kiker received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix (1989), and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School (1994) after spending eleven years in the computer and semiconductor industries.


Current Employment Position(s):

Principal and Shareholder
Areas of Practice:

  • Products Liability
  • Discovery Coordination
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Document Production and Management
  • Electronic Records Management
  • Electronic Discovery
  • Risk Management Consulting
  • Complex Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Automotive Products Litigation
  • Recreational Products Litigation
Bar Admissions:

  • Arizona, 1994
  • Virginia, 1998
  • Florida, 2006
  • U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1994
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1998
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1999
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1998
Education:

  • The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1994
    J.D.
    Honors: Magna Cum Laude
    Honors: Order of the Coif

  • University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 1989
    B.S. in Business Administration
    Honors: Graduated with Honors

  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
    No Degree
Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • Defense Research Institute, 1998 - Present
    Technology Committee, Chair

  • Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production
    Member

  • Virginia State Bar
    Third District Committee on Lawyer Discipline

  • Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2000 - Present
    Member

  • Henrico County Bar Association, 2003 - Present
    Member

  • Henrico County Business Council of the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce
    Member

  • John Marshall Inn of Court
    Member

  • IAAPA, International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions
    Member

Published Works:

  • Inadvertent Disclosure of E-Information, For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, Inc., June, 2006

  • Waiving the Privilege in a Storm of Data: An Argument for Uniformity and Rationality in Dealing with the Inadvertent Production of Privileged Materials in the Age of Electronically Stored Information, Journal of Law and Technology, Volume XII, No. 4, 2006
Representative Clients:

  • Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.
  • The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
  • Continental Tire North America, Inc.
  • The Biro Manufacturing Company
Classes/Seminars Taught:

  • "Issues Surrounding Electronic Discovery, North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys Annual Meeting, June 10, 2005

  • "Special Considerations, or What you Don't Know Can Hurt You", Product Liability Advisory Council, April 28, 2005

  • "How to Litigate Your First Civil Trial in Virginia", National Business Institute, November 20, 2002

  • Speaker, Induction Ceremony for Henry A. Kiker, Jr. and Others into the State Bar of New Mexico's Circle of Honor for 2002, State Bar of New Mexico, November 26, 2002

  • Planning and Preparing for Trial, National Business Institute, 2002
Honors and Awards:

  • West Publishing Award, 1994

  • Graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School
Past Employment Positions:

  • McGuireWoods, Associate, 1998 - 2000

  • Morrison & Hecker, Associate, 1996 - 1998

  • Brown & Bain, Associate, 1994 - 1996
Pro Bono Activities:

  • Assistant Attorney General - Department of Child Support Enforcement, 1998 - 2001
  • Central Virginia Legal Aid Society - Pro Bono Housing Project, 1998 - Present

Ancillary Businesses:

  • Risk Management Consulting