Bruce Khula focuses his practice on appellate and complex litigation in state and federal courts including product liability, contract disputes, property matters and business torts. He was listed in Ohio Super Lawyers – Rising Stars 2009, a distinction honoring the top up-and-coming lawyers in the state.

Prior to joining Squire Sanders in 2006, Bruce was an assistant US attorney in the Cleveland office of the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. In this capacity he acquired extensive experience in criminal appeals, as well as in trial and sentencing proceedings. In addition, Bruce served as law clerk to The Honorable Paul V. Niemeyer of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, where he gained experience in federal constitutional law, criminal and civil procedure, immigration, commercial litigation and federal regulation.

Bruce has published and presented on the topics of antitrust enforcement, business-congressional relations and the history of US foreign policy. His prior research efforts have also focused on land use, eminent domain and urban renewal.

In 2010 Bruce was appointed to serve as a magistrate for the City of North Olmsted's Community Diversion Program. He is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

Representative Experience

Appellate Level

• Representing successfully a national retailer in an appeal before the Seventh Circuit to obtain an injunction against relitigation of class certification in federal and state courts.
• Representing an automotive parts manufacturer in jurisdictional memorandum before the Supreme Court of Ohio in a matter involving discovery sanctions and final appealable orders.
• Representing amicus curiae in support of a petition to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari involving a Foreign Commerce Clause dispute.
• Representing successfully the US subsidiary of an international steel manufacturer in defense of the granting of a temporary restraining order before the Ohio Court of Appeals in a partnership dispute with a significant coal supplier.
• Representing successfully the US government in numerous criminal appeals before the Sixth Circuit involving narcotics trafficking, Medicare/Medicaid fraud, illegal weapons possession, child pornography, federal sentencing and habeas corpus claims.
• Representing successfully the US government in numerous immigration appeals in support of determinations made by the Board of Immigration Appeals before the Second, Sixth and Ninth Circuits.

Trial Level

• Acting as a key member of a legal team in successfully obtaining a permanent injunction against relitigation of class certification issues in federal and state courts.
• Acting as a key member of a legal team in successfully obtaining a summary judgment in a church property dispute involving several parish properties.
• Acting as a key member of a legal team representing an energy company in numerous matters involving state taxation and exemption.
• Acting as a key member of a legal team on behalf of the US subsidiary of an international steel manufacturer in the successful pursuit of claims stemming from partnership law violations.
• Acting as a key member of a legal team in the successful defense of the US subsidiary of an international oil company against class action and mass tort environmental claims for property damage and groundwater contamination.
• Representing a media company in defense of tort claims of trespass, invasion of privacy and intentional affliction of emotional distress.
• Acting as a key member of a legal team in defending the US subsidiary of an international food company against claims that one of its products was responsible for workplace injuries.
• Obtaining a criminal conviction, on behalf of US government, based on unlawful weapons possession by illegal immigrantby an illegal immigrant.

Pro Bono Experience

• Acting as co-counsel, pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act, before the Sixth Circuit in direct criminal appeal involving Fourth Amendment, Speedy Trial Act and sentencing claims.