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Jack Kerr is a Partner in the Firm's Litigation Department. Mr. Kerr advises clients in general litigation and arbitration matters. He has represented a major medical products distributor in an intellectual property dispute under a distribution agreement. He also has represented Ford Motor Company in a series of arbitrations in London to recover claims from Bermuda insurers on high level excess insurance policies and DHL International in an ICC arbitration in Paris involving a dispute under a shareholders agreement.
Mr. Kerr is a frequent author and lecturer on international arbitration topics. He is the author of "Court Jurisdiction and Arbitration over Misrepresentation in U.S. Securities Transactions" in The Law of Cross Border Securities Transactions (Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1999) and A Chart Comparing International Commercial Arbitration Rules, published in collaboration with the Parker School of Comparative Law, Columbia Law School (Juris Publishing, 1998; 2nd edition 2002). Mr. Kerr is a member of the American Bar Association where he is a member of the Litigation Section and International Litigation Committee; the International Bar Association and its Business Section, Litigation Committee and Dispute Resolution Committee, the Federal Bar Council and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Mr. Kerr joined Simpson Thacher in 1978 and became a partner in 1983. He received his A.B. from Boston College in 1972, where he graduated summa cum laude, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and won the Durcan Medal in History. He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1976 where he was a Stone Scholar, an International Fellow, a National Scholar (7th Circuit) and Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law. He clerked for the Honorable Gus J. Solomon, United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Mr. Kerr has been a member of the Columbia Law School Board of Visitors since 1991. He is Chairman of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, a director of the London School of Economics Foundation, a director of the American Arbitration Association, and President of the American Foreign Law Association.
Honors/Associations
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International Bar Association, International Litigation Committee & Dispute Resolution Committee, Business Section, 1989-Present |
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Federal Bar Council |
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American Foreign Law Association, President |
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Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1979-Present |
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Columbia Law School, Board of Visitors, 1991-Present |
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Columbia Law School Association, Chairman, Placement Committee, 1988-1992 |
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Columbia Law School Association, 1988-Present |
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American Bar Association, Chairman, Jury Trials Subcommittee of Trial Practice Committee, 1985-1987 |
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American Bar Association, International Litigation Committee and International Arbitration Subcommittee, International Law & Practice Committee, 1979-Present |
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New York Landmarks Conservancy, Chairman |
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London School of Economics Foundation, Director, 2000-Present |
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American Arbitration Association, Director, 2001-Present |
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Recent Cases
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North River v. Philadelphia Reinsurance, et al., 516 U.S. 1184, 116 S.Ct. 1289 (Second Circuit 1995) |
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Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Chemical Bank New York Trust Co., 822 F.2d 230 (C.A.2 (N.Y.) 1987) |
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Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. v. Drysdale Securities Corp., 801 F.2d 13 (C.A.2 (N.Y.) 1986) |
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The Scandinavia Company, Inc. et al. v. Nordbanken Group, et al., U.S. District Lexis 15330 (Eastern District of Penn 1992) |
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Karwatha Plastics Ltd. v. Barclays Bank PLC, 542/92 (New York Supreme Court 1992) |
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Huddleston v. Nelson Bunker Hunt, 935 F.2d 1290 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 1991) |
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Getty Oil Company v. Kuwait Petroleum Company, et al., 83 Civ. 0566 (S.D.N.Y. 1986) |
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Huddleston v. Nelson Bunker Hunt Trust Estate, 117 B.R. 231 (N.D.Tex. 1990) |
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North River Ins. Co. v. Philadelphia Reinsurance Corp., 63 F.3d 160 (C.A.2 (N.Y.) 1995) |
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Rector, Wardens, and Members of Vestry of St. Bartholomew's Church v. City of New York, 914 F.2d 348 (C.A.2 (N.Y.) 1990) |
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Waterways Ltd. v. Barclays Bank PLC, 615 N.Y.S.2d 886 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. 1994) |
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Fiat S.P.A. v. Ford Motor Company (Uncitral Arbitration Pari 1994) |
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Bank fur Arbeit und Wirtschaft AG v. Republic of Kenya (ICC Arbitration, Cuprus 1996) |
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Publications
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The Supreme Court Considers Whether Class Arbitration is Permitted When the Arbitration Clause is Silent on the Issue |
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The Supreme Court Allows Non-Signatories to Arbitration Agreements to Seek to Stay Claims under the Federal Arbitration Act |
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The Supreme Court Adopts Broader View of Federal Jurisdiction to Hear Motions to Compel Arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act |
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The Supreme Court Hears Argument Concerning the Ability of Non-Signatories to Arbitration Agreements to Stay Claims under the Federal Arbitration Act |
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The Supreme Court Considers the Extent of Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction Under the FAA |
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The Supreme Court Rules Against TV’s “Judge Alex,” Finding That an Agreement to Arbitrate Trumps State Administrative Process
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Supreme Court Hears Argument in its Second
Significant Arbitration Case this Term |
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Standard of Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards and the Constitutionality of Tax-exempt Bonds |
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Court Jurisdiction and Arbitration over Misrepresentation in U.S. Securities Transactions, The Law of Cross Border Securities Transactions (Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1999) |
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A Chart Comparing International Commercial Arbitration Rules, published in collaboration with the Parker School of Comparative Law, Columbia Law School (Juris Publishing, 1992; 2nd edition 2002) |
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Arbitrability of Securities Law Claims in Common Law Nations, Arbitration International, 1996 |
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Lender Liability (Co-Authors: M.L. Cantor and T.C. Rice), Published by the American Law Institute and The American Bar Association, 1987 |
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Landmarks Preservation and Tax Exempt Organizations, 1 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 274-311, 1975 |
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U.S. Litigation (Columnist), International Financial Law Review, 1994-present |
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Speaking Engagements
Admissions
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Massachusetts 1977 |
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New York 1977 |
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U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts 1979 |
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 1979 |
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U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1979 |
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U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas 1987 |
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U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit 1986 |
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U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit 1990 |
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U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit 1992 |
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U.S. Supreme Court 1986 |
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Clerkships
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Hon. Gus J. Solomon, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (1976-1978) |
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Education
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Columbia Law School, 1976 J.D.
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar;
International Fellow;
National Scholar (7th Circuit);
Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Editor-in-Chief, 1975-1976 |
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Boston College, 1972 A.B.
summa cum laude;
Phi Beta Kappa;
Duncan Medal in History |
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