Kip T. Bollin

Kip T. Bollin is the Cleveland partner in charge at Thompson Hine and a litigation partner handling product liability and business disputes. He represents manufacturers, financial institutions, and other businesses in federal and state litigation. His practice includes putative class actions, commercial claims, consumer disputes, and intellectual property litigation in cooperation with patent counsel. He also serves as a court-appointed special master in federal cases.

Kip earned a B.A. from New York University in 1992, graduating cum laude. He received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1995 and served as an articles editor of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy. His academic work provided experience with research, editing, and persuasive legal writing. He is admitted in Ohio and before several federal courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Kip’s representative work includes defending nationwide class claims involving building products, household appliances, loan servicing practices, and alleged exposure to industrial materials. In commercial cases, he has pursued breach of contract and warranty claims involving major manufacturers and suppliers. He also served as local trial counsel in a patent infringement dispute resulting in a judgment exceeding $24 million, and has defended companies against mass tort and product defect claims.

Kip T. Bollin served as national president of the Federal Bar Association from 2017 to 2018. He was named Cleveland’s 2023 Product Liability Litigation–Defendants Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers and is listed in Chambers USA for commercial litigation. His leadership also includes federal judicial advisory work, mentoring, and pro bono service. He brings courtroom experience and an understanding of business operations to complicated litigation matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Thompson Hine LLP
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• Member, Colorado Bar Association
• Chair, Advisory Group, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (2018-Present)
• National President, Federal Bar Association (2017-2018)
• President, Federal Bar Association, N.D. Ohio Chapter (2010-2011)
• Program Chair, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (2020)
• Co-Chair, Changing the Status Quo: Achieving Legal Inclusion, Racial Equity and the Law Workgroup, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (2021-Present)
• Treasurer, Federal Bar Building Corporation (2021-2024)
• Chair, Cleveland Leadership Center (2025-Present)
• Director, United Way of Greater Cleveland (2021-Present)
• Board of Trustees, Executive Committee, Great Lakes Theater (2020-Present)
• Product Liability Committee Mass Torts and Class Actions SLG Vice Chair, Defense Research Institute (2024-2026)
• Vice President, Circle Health Services (Formerly The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland) (2016-2017)

Licensed State

• Ohio
• Colorado

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• New York University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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