Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck announced that Rob Kort has joined its litigation team as a shareholder in its Phoenix office. Kort’s practice will focus on handling litigation matters for the firm’s commercial litigation and health care groups.
Bringing nearly two decades of experience handling litigation matters, Kort has successfully litigated numerous complex cases for plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts, administrative proceedings and alternative dispute resolution forums, achieving several noteworthy victories. In 2009, Kort chaired a lengthy federal court jury trial and obtained a $56.8 million verdict for his client, the largest verdict in any Arizona state or federal court in 2009 and one of the largest verdicts in Arizona history.
Kort has litigated and arbitrated cases involving a wide variety of claims, representing large corporations, small businesses and individuals across a multitude of industries, including banking and financial services, health care services, franchise and retail operations, consumer goods distribution, commercial real estate, pharmaceutical development, and computer hardware, software and integration. Kort was recently selected for inclusion in the 2013 Southwest Super Lawyers® publication for business litigation.
Kort is a member of the State Bar of Arizona and the Maricopa County Bar Association. He earned his law degree from Arizona State University and his undergrad from the University of Arizona. Kort currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Humane Society.
