Kellogg Hansen specializes in complex trial and appellate litigation. Our lawyers have extensive experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in trials and appeals throughout the United States. We pride ourselves on the exceptional results we achieve for our clients.

Kellogg Hansen’s lawyers possess outstanding credentials. Nearly all of our partners and associates graduated from top-tier law schools and served as law clerks for federal judges; more than a dozen clerked for Justices of the United States Supreme Court. Many of our lawyers have held significant positions in the federal government. Our lawyers have successfully litigated dozens of trials and appeals for our clients.

Kellogg Hansen’s expertise includes complex commercial litigation, Supreme Court and appellate litigation, governmental investigations and white-collar criminal defense, intellectual property litigation, and telecommunications law.

Kellogg Hansen hires only the most talented and motivated lawyers to join us in our fast-paced and challenging practice. Our philosophy is to offer new associates significant responsibility from the outset of their careers.

Jimmy A. Ruck

Associate

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Jimmy Ruck joined Kellogg Hansen as an associate in 2020. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ruck served as a law clerk to the Honorable Allison H. Eid on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Mr. Ruck graduated from Stanford Law School, where he was Senior Editor for the Stanford Law & Policy Review Journal and Co-President of both the Stanford Law Veterans Organization and the Stanford National Security & the Law Society. While at Stanford Law, he was awarded the Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Performance. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Ruck was a Captain in the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment. He deployed several times to combat zones and served as the head of intelligence for a Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan. He earned his undergraduate degree in History with honors in International Security Studies from Stanford University.

Education

Stanford Law School, J.D., 2019

Senior Editor, Stanford Law & Policy Review Journal
Co-President, Stanford Law Veterans Organization
Co-President, Stanford National Security & the Law Society

Stanford University, B.A., with honors, 2011

Clerkship

Law Clerk, Judge Allison H. Eid, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2019-2020