Kevin C. Alexandersen
Kevin C. Alexandersen
Biography
Kevin C. Alexandersen serves as the chair of Burns White’s Maritime and co-chair of the Mass Tort practices. With more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Alexandersen concentrates his practice on Mass Tort litigation representing numerous industrial and transportation clients against personal injury and wrongful death claims. He has appeared in cases involving thousands of plaintiffs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, and West Virginia in state, federal and appellate actions.
Mr. Alexandersen received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Ohio Northern University College of Law, and his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Rochester Institute of Technology. He is licensed to practice in the state of Ohio, the United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern districts of Ohio, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Credentials
Areas of Law
- Mass Tort and Toxic Tort
- Maritime and Admiralty Law
- Railroad Law
Education
- Ohio Northern University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1986, Lead Articles editor of the Law Review)
- Rochester Institute of Technology (B.S., magna cum laude, 1981)
Bar and Court Admissions
- Ohio
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Memberships
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- The Defense Research Institute
Accolades & Involvement
Honors/Awards
- Selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, 2024-2025
- Recognized as a 2004 Ohio Super Lawyers®
Presentations
- Co-Presenter, “An Overview of the Railroad Whistleblower Statute 49 U.S.C. 20109” Association of American Railroads General Claims Conference, November 2008
Publications
- “Mass Tort Refresher: Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Trolling for the Risk-Adverse Defendant,” The Legal Intelligencer, January 2019
