Kay Gunderson Reeves
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Kay Gunderson Reeves

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Biography

Kay Reeves is an attorney in Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel’s Dallas office who brings tenacity, patience and intellectual rigor to challenging litigation.

Her practice focuses on representing people and families harmed by asbestos exposure, dangerous drugs and other toxic substances, as well as whistleblowers in qui tam litigation involving fraud, waste and abuse in government spending. Kay has played a key role in some of the firm’s most complex litigation initiatives.

Kay’s cross-border litigation experience includes representing international clients who were injured by the products and practices of U.S. corporations. In one high-profile case, she helped secure a significant settlement for passengers of a U.S.-owned cruise line who were severely burned or killed during a volcanic eruption during a shore excursion. The monetary damages helped provide survivors financial security, medical care and assistance with the challenges during and after recovery. For Kay, cases like this demonstrate that the value of litigation extends beyond a financial recovery—it can provide families facing unimaginable circumstances with the resources they need to rebuild their lives.

Areas of Practice

  • Asbestos
  • Benzene
  • Class Action
  • Opioid
  • Personal Injury
  • Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices
  • Products Liability
  • Qui Tam Whistleblower / False Claims Act
  • Toxic Tort

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 1991
  • Washington, 2015
  • U.S. District Court
    • Western District of Washington, 2017
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 3rd Circuit
    • 5th Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Education

  • University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, J.D, 1990
  • Troy State University, European Region, M.S., Public Admin., 1986
  • University of California, Berkeley, California, B.A., 1982

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • American Association for Justice
  • Bar Association of the Third and Fifth Federal Circuits
  • State Bar of Texas
  • Washington State Bar

Honors & Awards

  • Order of the Coif, University of Texas, 1990
  • Clerk, Chancellor’s Society, University of Texas, 1990
  • Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, 1982

Pro Bono & Community Service

  • Keep Tucson Together/No More Deaths (political asylum)

Highlights

Other Appointments

  • Member, Trial Team Nominated for Trial Lawyer of the Year, TLPJ (now known as Public Justice), 1999

Our Results

$880 million award

Historic settlement for over 1,300 survivors of clergy and adult abuse within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, marking a pivotal moment for justice.

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$725.5 million award

A Philadelphia jury awarded a record verdict against ExxonMobil for failing to warn about cancer risks due to benzene in its petroleum products.

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$25 million award

Private equity firm and co-defendants agree to pay $25M in Medicaid fraud case alleging mental health services provided by unqualified providers.

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