Practice Expertise

  • Business & Commercial
  • Employment Litigation
  • ERISA Litigation
  • Financial Services Litigation

Areas of Practice

  • Business & Commercial
  • Employment Litigation
  • ERISA Litigation
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • Financial Services Litigation - Consumer
  • Labor & Employment
  • Litigation
  • Non-Compete, Unfair Competition and Trade ...
  • Trade Secret & Noncompete Litigation
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Profile

Kristina Kaluza is a member in the Business Litigation Group in the Minneapolis office of Dykema. Ms. Kaluza has represented companies and individuals in state and federal courts and focuses her practice on general commercial litigation, employment law, and financial services litigation. Ms. Kaluza also dedicates a significant portion of her time to pro bono efforts.

Ms. Kaluza's commercial and business litigation experience includes contract claims, fraud claims, negligence claims, and products-liability claims.

In the area of financial services, Ms. Kaluza represents lenders and mortgage servicers in a broad range of disputes arising under state and federal law, including contested foreclosures, FDCPA, and FCRA disputes.

Prior to joining Dykema, Ms. Kaluza was an associate at McDermott Will & Emery in Chicago. While in law school, she served as a judicial intern for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Lake County, Illinois. Before law school, she was a litigation paralegal at Covington and Burling in Washington, D.C.


Bar Admissions

Wisconsin, 2021

Minnesota, 2010

Illinois, 2009

Education
The University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., with Distinction

  • Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, Note and Comment Editor
  • Boyd Service Award (Highest Honors)
Colgate University, B.A., magna cum laude

Areas of Practice

  • Business & Commercial
  • Employment Litigation
  • ERISA Litigation
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • Financial Services Litigation - Consumer
  • Labor & Employment
  • Litigation
  • Non-Compete, Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets
  • Trade Secret & Noncompete Litigation

Professional Career

Professional Associations
  • Chicago Bar Association


Blogs

Cannabis Law Blog

The cannabis industry presents unprecedented opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs. Yet, entities looking to engage in this emerging industry face daunting levels of legal complexity and uncertainty. Moreover, state and local governments are constantly tasked with regulating an ever-evolving industry. Dykema's Cannabis Law Blog discusses important cannabis-related legal developments, reviews the practical implications of those developments, and provides valuable insight for anyone...

Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments

Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments provides legal insight on topics of special interest to insurance industry professionals. Covering a wide range of industries, Dykema's Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments blog provides brief but substantive alerts, including updates and analysis on significant developments and trends in the insurance industry.

Labor & Employment Law Blog

In the rapidly evolving field of labor and employment law, we know that employers need to stay informed about changes in the law, and how these changes impact day-to-day business operations. Dykema's Labor & Employment Law Blog (www.laboremployment-lawblog.com) discusses important labor and employment-related legal developments, reviews practical implications, and provides valuable insight for employers of all types.

The Firewall

The Firewall keeps you up to date on the hottest legal topics in the ever-changing world of data security and privacy. As information security becomes a critical facet of all businesses and industries and the target of many regulators, it is important to stay apprised of new legal developments. The Firewall provides insightful legal analysis of the emerging issues in data privacy and cybersecurity law to help businesses stay ahead of the curve.

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