Overview

Geoffrey Wyatt is a litigation partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Geoff represents clients in product liability, class action, and False Claims Act litigation, with extensive experience at both the trial and appellate levels. He defends companies as part of a team that focuses on global litigation strategy, trial, and law and motions practice in complex proceedings in federal and state courts. He has represented an array of companies in proceedings involving medical, industrial and consumer products.

Geoff’s experience spans a range of different cases. He has extensive litigation experience in state and federal courts, including courts of appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Geoff has been successful in securing appellate victories in several cases for his clients, including at the interlocutory stage, often establishing new precedents that bear favorably on related cases in ongoing proceedings.

Geoff also has extensive experience handling expert motion issues. He has developed strategies for defeating highly complex but speculative and unscientific theories and disrupting mass proceedings. He also has worked with defense experts to develop reports and prepare for depositions in order to implement those strategies, taking a lead role in motion practice concerning the admissibility of expert testimony.

Geoff has participated in the day-to-day management of multidistrict proceedings encompassing tens of thousands of cases. He has represented clients in several bellwether mass tort personal injury trials. He has also defended against several civil enforcement proceedings brought by various governments under consumer-protection and Medicaid-fraud laws, among others.

Geoff publishes frequently on matters relevant to his practice, including on issues relating to multidistrict litigation and class action procedure, among other things. He has been named as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA since 2021. In 2013, he received the Burton Award for Legal Achievement, which recognizes excellence in legal scholarship.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

“6th Circ. Ruling Breathes New Life Into Article III Traceability,” Law360, Feb. 16, 2024

“D.C. Circ. Ruling Puts Issue Class Cert. Under Microscope,” Law360, Aug. 17, 2023

“9th Circ. Ruling Legitimizes Classwide Injury in Predominance,” Law360, Apr. 6, 2023

“Automakers’ Insurance Offerings Will Have Broad Impact,” Law360, February 4, 2021

“Mass. ‘Right To Repair’ Law Could Put Car Cos. in a Jam,” Law360, December 17, 2020

“Supporting Autonomous Vehicles with Better Regulations,” Law360, October 22, 2019

“Manufacturers Won’t Bear All Liability For Driverless Vehicles,” Law360, August 26, 2019

“Awaiting Answers on a Post-Bristol-Myers Class Question,” Law360, August 23, 2019

“1st Circuit’s Uber Ruling Imposes Burden on App Design,” Law360, July 30, 2018

“Why Widespread Use of Live Video Testimony is Not Justified,” Law360, June 4, 2018

“Reading the Tea Leaves of Early Post-Bristol-Myers Personal Jurisdiction Decisions,” BNA’s Class Action Litigation Report, December 8, 2017

“No Personal Jurisdictional Pass for Federal Plaintiffs,” Law360, June 26, 2017

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Courts

  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Education

  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.2004
  • Michigan State UniversityA.B.1999