KEVIN AINSWORTH

kainsworth@warriorsrise.org

  • United States Marine Corps Vet
  • Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Board
  • Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation Board
  • USMC NYC Birthday Gala Leadership Committee
  • Warrior Ranch Foundation Board

Member / Co-Chair, Cross-Border Asset Recovery Practice

Kevin is a Member in Mintz’s Litigation Section and Co-Chair of the firm’s Cross Border Asset Recovery Practice. He focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and representing clients in a diverse set of industries, including institutional investors, retail & consumer brands, and manufacturing. He has particular expertise in representing large institutional investors, including banks, financial services firms, and other stakeholders in complex global asset recovery cases with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Clients also rely on his legal experience and unique skillset to enforce and collect international arbitration awards. He also represents clients in mediations and arbitrations. With extensive experience as a court-appointed mediator, Kevin has a keen ability to see all sides of a dispute and to navigate toward an efficient outcome.

Kevin also skillfully litigates patent and trademark disputes for clients in the retail & consumer brands, technology, and manufacturing industries. Through his representation, Kevin has protected the intellectual property of some of the world’s largest brands as well as startup companies developing their rights. Most recently, he secured an extremely rare preliminary injunction on behalf of Spin Master Ltd., a toy manufacturer, in a contentious patent infringement case.

He graduated cum laude from Fordham University School of Law, was editor-in-chief of the Fordham Urban Law Journal, and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Kevin clerked for the Honorable Kevin Thomas Duffy, US District Judge, during the trial and conviction of international terrorist Ramzi Yousef.

Kevin served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1986 to 1991 and has long been an avid and active supporter of veterans’ causes. He is on the board of directors of Warriors Rise, Inc., and the Warrior Ranch Foundation. He served as director and general counsel to the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation from 2013 to 2019, and served as a director and general counsel of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation from 2011 to 2016. He also has appeared on television nationally numerous times as a spokesperson for the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. Kevin has competed in the NYC Triathlon seven times and, in 2019, placed in the top 10 in his age group in the Spartan Race Super in Hawaii.

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