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Kevin Stoops

Kevin Stoops

Senior Shareholder at Sommers Schwartz PC
Southfield, MI

About Kevin Stoops

It's not often that you find a profession where the outcome of your work can - and often does - have a profound impact on the life of your client and his or her family. I am not afraid to go to the wall for my clients and to turn over every stone to fight for their rights. I grew up working construction each and every summer for my father. I learned valuable lessons from many weeks of working 80 to 100 hours, including not being afraid of working hard to reach your goals. Kevin Stoops is nationally recognized as one of the preeminent plaintiff class action wage and hour attorneys. He has successfully obtained millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for his clients and along the way built a solid track record of winning outcomes in complex, high-dollar cases and class action lawsuits. He handles cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act, intellectual property and bet-the-company commercial property litigation. He most enjoys helping people who do not have the ability or means to fight for their rights against their employers and against big businesses. When Kevin was a kid growing up, he worked in construction every summer for his dad and learned valuable lessons working 80 to 100 hours a week. One of those lessons was to not be afraid of working hard to reach your goals.

Notable case results

$9.95 millionSettlement

Class action settlement for 2,574 hourly managers who alleged Lowe's Home Centers withheld overtime pay for "off-the-clock" work.

$3.9 millionSettlement

For hundreds of plant workers who were illegally denied pay for the time they spent suiting up and stripping down each day.

$3.1 millionVerdict

Breach of contract verdict. With partner Andrew Kochanowski, obtained a breach of contract and patent infringement verdict for the Michigan inventor of an aluminum baseball bat safety tes

$2.5 millionSettlement

With my partner, Andrew Kochanowski, assisted client in obtaining a $2.5 million settlement dispute involving joint venture contract and trademark infringement claims. (U.S. D

$2.4 millionVerdict

Employment discrimination verdict. With partner Joe Golden, obtained Title VII and Elliot-Larsen national origin discrimination verdict for a public school teacher in the U.S. District Co

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Education

Thomas M. Cooley Law School
J.D., 2004
Michigan State University
Undergraduate, 2000

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Michigan
State Bar of California

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