Kevin Ainsworth (NY)

General Counsel

Kevin Ainsworth is a member of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., where he supervises his firm’s pro bono legal counsel to the Scholarship Foundation. He also chairs the Scholarship Foundation's New York Leatherneck Ball committee, now in its 50th year.
 
Kevin was selected for inclusion in 2010 and 2011 New York Super Lawyers, one of only 5% of New York lawyers to be so honored each year. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, and arbitration. And he helps clients to resolve disputes before getting to court. He has also served as a neutral mediator for cases involving high profile trademarks and copyrights. He is a registered patent attorney.
 
Kevin serves on the Local Rules Committee for the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is active in the Second Circuit Courts Committee of the Federal Bar Council and in the ABA Copyright Litigation Committee. He is a contributing author to the ABA’s 2011 Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments. He is a past chair of the Committee on Science and Law of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
 
Kevin graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in physics (1986).  He graduated cum laude from Fordham University School of Law in 1994. Between his undergraduate and law studies, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a logistics officer, shore party platoon commander, and officer selection officer.