Theodore B. Kiviat

A seasoned civil litigator, Theodore Kiviat has over twenty years of multi-jurisdictional experience at the trial and appellate level zealously safeguarding the interests of individuals, organizations, and businesses of all sizes. Ted began his legal career in California, where he honed his skills litigating inside the nation’s largest court system – the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Ted’s practice in Maryland and DC has included the representation of litigants at the trial and appellate level in contract disputes, real estate litigation, insurance claims related litigation, construction defect litigation, product liability litigation, probate litigation, sports law, and general commercial litigation. In Maryland, Ted assisted in the successful appeal to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals of a trial court ruling ordering the minority owners of an NBA sports franchise to sell their interests to the majority owner at an unfair price. Ted has also represented the manager of the iconic rap group N.W.A. in litigation against the group’s record label and the estate of its founder Eric “Easy E” Wright. While practicing in California, Ted’s efforts for his clients resulted in two jury verdicts that awarded punitive damages, including a multimillion-dollar fraud verdict against movie director Peter Bogdanovich.

After returning home to practice law in Maryland, Ted practiced in the Civil Litigation Division at two of Maryland’s largest law firms prior to joining Longman & Van Grack in 2014. Recently, as first chair, Ted obtained a defense jury verdict for his client in the Circuit Court for the City of Baltimore in a fraud action wherein the Plaintiff was seeking an award of punitive damages and compensatory damages in excess of $400,000