Paul M. Kakuske

Paul M. Kakuske is Counsel in Dentons' Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice, based in the Los Angeles office, practicing in Dispute Resolution. He focuses on class action defense, working on complex statutory consumer protection class actions at both the trial and appellate levels.

He regularly defends public and private companies against claims of invasion of privacy, consumer fraud, and unfair competition in class actions alleging statutory violations of federal and state consumer protection laws, including the California Invasion of Privacy Act, RESPA, RICO, California's Unfair Competition Law, and California's Consumers Legal Remedies Act. He has represented a retail restaurant chain in misleading menu description allegations, a Fortune 500 company and its subsidiaries in class actions arising from home warranty plans, a national consumer electronics manufacturer in product defect class actions, and a national communication technology provider in call recording practice class actions.

Paul holds a J.D., cum laude, from Loyola Law School (1997), where he was an editor of the Loyola Law Review, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA (1989). Prior to attending law school, he worked for many years as an engineer on the NASA Space Shuttle program, where he was a member of the orbital mechanics technical staff. He clerked for the Honorable Audrey Collins, Chief Judge of the US District Court for the Central District of California.