Mr. Bird is a litigation partner with Kellogg Hansen, a law firm in Washington, D.C. He specializes in complex commercial cases for plaintiffs and defendants throughout the country. Most recently, he has represented employers and union trusts in an antitrust case against Sutter Health, a large Northern California hospital system. After five and a half years of litigation, the parties settled on the eve of Mr. Bird’s opening statement. Subject to court approval, Sutter has agreed to pay $575 million and comprehensive injunctive relief designed to limit Sutter’s charges for out-of-network services and to prevent Sutter from leveraging its market power in contract negotiations regarding provider networks.  

Mr. Bird regularly represents corporate clients, high net-worth individuals, and private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a wide range of civil matters. He has particular expertise in antitrust, breach of fiduciary duty, contract disputes, fraud, defamation, and professional liability. He has represented clients in high-stakes disputes including elaborate tax frauds, health care antitrust violations, NASCAR sponsorship, and counterfeit wine. He has served as lead trial counsel and lead appellate counsel, has argued before numerous state and federal courts, and has reached successful rulings through summary judgement, jury verdict, and appeal.  

Mr. Bird clerked for the Honorable A. Raymond Randolph on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He earned his J.D. from the Yale Law School, where he was a Coker Fellow in Constitutional Law and served as Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal. He received a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Maryland.

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