Kevin M.
Benedicto

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Kevin Benedicto
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Kevin has extensive experience representing and advising clients in litigation matters, including in the cloud computing, gaming and esports, and financial technology (fintech) sectors.

Kevin has a background in complex litigation, data privacy and cybersecurity, securities investigations and litigation, corporate disputes, insurance coverage litigation, and toxic torts.  In particular, he has worked with clients in the technology industry on issues surrounding cybersecurity, data privacy, cyberinsurance, compliance with new laws and regulations, and data incident response. 

At Redgrave, Kevin develops appropriate and effective discovery strategies in complex litigation matters, handling all aspects of the discovery process, including document collection and review, drafting discovery requests and responses, preparing witnesses for depositions, and taking and defending depositions.  Beyond discovery, he advises clients on data privacy and protection, proper data management planning and practices, and the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the legal practice and clients’ businesses.

Kevin is also involved in pro bono work and has served as a Voting Rights Fellow at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, assisting in election protection and voting rights litigation.  He has also represented and worked with organizations such as the Blue Ribbon Panel on Transparency, Accountability, and Fairness in Law Enforcement and the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice to advise law enforcement agencies nationwide on their use of force policies.  He has presented and spoken at numerous conferences, including the Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute.

Before joining Redgrave, Kevin was an associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.  Following law school, Kevin served as a judicial extern to The Honorable Paul J. Watford, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Kevin’s work experience includes:

  • Advising an infrastructure and real estate company on multijurisdictional data incident response and providing counseling on cybersecurity and privacy matters
  • Counseling an international healthcare company regarding cybersecurity, data privacy, and compliance issues related to international expansion and data global data center locations
  • Working with a global technology company to provide ongoing guidance on eDiscovery, information governance, and privacy issues, including coordinating strategies related to global litigation and regulatory compliance matters
  • Serving as discovery counsel to a major pharmaceutical company in complex multistate products liability litigation
  • Assisting fellow Redgrave colleagues serving as discovery neutrals for discovery issues in a litigation matter in Illinois state court to streamline proceedings and make recommendations allowing for the resolution of pending issues and motions 

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. (2015)
  • University of California, San Diego, B.A., summa cum laude (2011)

Bar Admissions

  • California

Memberships

  • Voting Rights Fellow, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • Police Commissioner, San Francisco Police Commission
  • Board Member, Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF)
  • Member, San Francisco Superior Court Committee on Elimination of Bias
  • Director at Large, Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA)
  • Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
  • Member, Filipino American Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC)
  • Member, American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Member, Association of Business and Trial Lawyers (ABTL)

Recognition

  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers (2024)
  • Recipient, Minority Bar Coalition of the San Francisco Bay Area 2023 Unity Award (2023)
  • Recipient, Joe Morozumi Award for Exceptional Legal Advocacy, Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (2021)
  • Recipient, Award of Merit, The Bar Association of San Francisco (2021)
  • Recipient, Diversity Award, The Barristers Club of the Bar Association of San Francisco (2020)