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Dylan P. Kletter
Dylan P. Kletter
Associate
Litigation & Arbitration
Dylan P. Kletter
Associate
Litigation & Arbitration
Dylan Kletter is an associate in the Litigation Department. He represents individuals and entities across the country in state and federal court concerning a broad range of matters, including contract disputes, securities transactions, real estate disputes, environmental contamination, and complex Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings. Dylan has extensive experience representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies in securities and mergers and acquisitions litigation. Dylan also advises officers and directors of non-profit entities concerning their exposure to personal liability. In addition to trial work, Dylan has extensive appellate experience, and serves as an Assigned Counsel in criminal appeals in the Connecticut courts.
Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Dylan served as a judicial clerk for Connecticut Supreme Court Justices Barry R. Schaller and C. Ian McLachlan, as well as the Honorable Christine E. Keller of the Hartford Superior Court. Dylan has also served as a legal intern to former Connecitcut State Senator Jonathan Harris and as an appellate teaching assistant to attorney Wesley W. Horton.
During law school, Dylan received CALI awards in Criminal Law, Trial Advocacy and Appellate Advocacy. Dylan also served as an officer on the Connecticut Law Review, the Moot Court Board, the Mock Trial Society and the Environmental Law Society.
Prior to attending law school, Dylan worked with New York Times best-selling authors at International Creative Management talent agency in New York City.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Representation of private equity firm and portfolio companies in state and federal courts throughout the country, including matters concerning securities fraud, breach of contract, indemnification and third party discovery.
- Representation of court-appointed liquidators of Fairfield Sentry Limited, the largest feeder fund to Bernard L. Madoff Securities, in Chapter 15 proceedings.
- Representation of private hospitals in connection with joint venture litigation, general commercial litigation, and wrongful death actions.
- Representation of resources recovery agency in jury trial resulting in favorable judgment against plaintiff’s breach of contract claim.
- Representation of interstate natural gas line company in successful defense of breach of contract claim.
- Representation of entities in connection with state governmental investigations.
- Representation of indenture trustee in Chapter 11 proceedings of the Tribune Company.
- Representation of artist in bench trial resulting in favorable judgment against defendant on bailment claim.
- Representation concerning habeas appeal in Connecticut appellate courts.
- Representation of pro bono clients in a variety of matters.
PUBLICATIONS
- “Appellate court grants immunity to nonprofit directors and officers,” Hartford Business Journal, Volume 21, Number 9, January 14, 2013.
- Co-editor, A Practical Guide to Connecticut Evidence, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2013 (publication forthcoming); chapter co-author, “Introduction to Evidence - An Overview” and “Evidentiary Exclusions and Limitations”
- “Negligence in the (Thin) Air: Understanding the Legal Relationship Between Outfitters and Participants in High Risk Expeditions Through Analysis of the 1996 Mount Everest Tragedy,” University of Connecticut Law Review, 40 Conn. L. Rev. 769.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Inns of Court (Hartford Chapter)
- Connecticut Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section
COMMUNITY INVOLVMENT
- Office of the Connecticut Secretary of State, Neutral Election Day Observer
- West Hartford Clean Energy Task Force (former member)
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Connecticut
- US District Court for the District of Connecticut
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit