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Kyle Cole Counsel

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.3534

    F +1.206.359.9000

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.3534

    KCole@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Kyle Cole is counsel in the Product Liability practice. He recently returned to the firm after serving as special counsel on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the nomination of the Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Previously, Kyle was a law clerk for the Hon. Ryan D. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Hon. B. Lynn Winmill of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. He also worked on high-stakes litigation related to antitrust and competition law in the United States and abroad. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he won the Lile Moot Court Competition. During law school, Kyle served as an extern for the Hon. Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and as a litigation intern at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Professional Leadership

  • Advisory Committee on Idaho Federal District Court Local Rules, Committee Member

Related Employment

  • U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., Senate Judiciary Committee Special Counsel, 2022
  • Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, Associate, 2020 – 2022
  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D.C., Associate, 2017 – 2018
  • Judicial Externship to The Hon. Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 2016
  • Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition, Washington, D.C., Legal Intern, 2015
  • Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C., and Brussels, Belgium, Antitrust & Competition Paralegal, 2011 – 2014

Clerkships

  • Hon. Ryan D. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2019 - 2020
  • Hon. B. Lynn Winmill, U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, 2018 - 2019

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Areas of Focus

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • California

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2017, Articles Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law
  • The George Washington University, B.A., Geography and Political Science, cum laude, 2011