Profile
Kyle A. Ewing focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and receiverships. Kyle’s specific areas of focus include representing Nevada businesses and their owners or management in a wide variety of business litigation; representation of equity receivers and other receivers; advising parties subject to receiverships; litigating commercial construction disputes and advising on transactional project matters; fraud and contractual liability litigation; and high-value post-judgment collection and asset recovery. He has represented receivers appointed in a wide range of litigation types; owners/developers and contractors in construction matters; investment and consumer banks; private equity, venture capital, and other investment funds; corporate officers and directors; start-ups and their management; and other investors in a wide-range of businesses and ventures.
Kyle’s litigation experience includes prosecuting high-value and complex commercial construction claims for defects, fraud, and delay; prosecuting and defending direct and derivative claims for breach of fiduciary duty and other corporate misconduct; defending securities fraud claims; pursuing post-judgment collection efforts on behalf of significant judgment creditors; defending financial institutions in consumer disputes; and other commercial litigation matters in Nevada state and federal courts, as well as the courts of various other jurisdictions. Kyle also advises on appellate matters related to these representations. Kyle’s receivership experience includes representing federal equity receivers appointed in regulatory enforcement actions regarding alleged Ponzi schemes and insurance frauds, as well as receivers appointed in state court in aid of other civil actions.
Although litigation, receiverships, and trial work are his focus, Kyle also provides guidance to clients on transactional, regulatory, and other matters. Working collaboratively with GT shareholders with subject-matter knowledge in a broad swath of such matters, Kyle provides advice tailored to anticipate and protect the client’s rights with respect to potential disputes that may arise under the contemplated transactions. Kyle is thus able to guide clients through legal challenges they face inside and outside of the court room alike with the benefit of GT’s deep breadth of experience in business law.
Capabilities
Experience
- Represents a federal equity receiver appointed in high-profile SEC enforcement actions initiated to enjoin alleged Ponzi schemes.
- Represents a publicly-traded gaming company in a high-value, complex commercial construction dispute, including through a bench trial lasting approximately 6 weeks (awaiting decision).
- Represents various stakeholders in a variety of disputes among the management/ownership of private business entities, including partnership disputes and actions for appointment of receivers or dissolution
- Defended a private corporation and its directors in an action seeking the appointment of a receiver due to alleged mismanagement and insolvency.°
- Represented a significant stockholder of a public company in an action alleging a direct claim for breach of fiduciary duty resulting from a reverse-split of the company's stock.°
- Represented a significant stockholder of a public company in an action seeking appointment of a corporate receiver and asserting direct and derivative claims for breach of fiduciary duty.°
- Represented significant stockholders in a number of actions seeking corporate books and records of publicly traded companies.°
- Represented a private corporation and its directors and officers in a lawsuit alleging securities violations and breach of fiduciary duty for purported misrepresentations in connection with a private placement of stock.°
- Represented a joint venture in the enforcement of a multi-million-dollar judgment against a judgment debtor's cash and assets transferred to multiple foreign jurisdictions.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Ewing prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Mountain States Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2021-2024
- Listed, Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, “200-Hour Club,” 2019
- Howard D. McKibben American Inn of Court, 2018-Present
Credentials
- J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School, 2015
- M.S., Finance, Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management, 2015
- B.A., Northwestern University, 2010
- Hon. James C. Mahan, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, 2015-2016
- Nevada