Jonathan Kilman is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, and a member of the firm’s Government & Public Policy Practice. Mr. Kilman represents private and public clients in litigation, appellate, administrative and government relations matters. He also advises public agencies and private clients in government transactional matters.
Mr. Kilman has extensive experience in Florida government and legal matters. In 2002, Mr. Kilman represented the Florida House of Representatives in litigation and appeals related to the redistricting of Florida's state and federal legislative districts. In 2004, he represented the Florida Department of State in state and federal election litigation and appeals. Mr. Kilman also served as legal counsel to the campaign of Florida Governor Charlie Crist.
In his government affairs practice, Mr. Kilman lobbies on behalf of Fortune 500 companies, regional and local clients before the Florida Legislature, the Executive Office of the Governor and the executive branch agencies. He also represents clients before counties and cities in Central Florida and throughout the state in procurement, bid protest, policy and other matters. His clients come from a broad array of industries, including insurance, digital media, technology, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, hospital, road construction, engineering, project and construction management and local governments and government agencies.
Recent representative client matters for Mr. Kilman’s government affairs practice include:
- Representing one of the word’s largest digital media entertainment companies in the drafting, negotiation and passage of legislation that created a $242 million film and digital media tax credit incentive program
- Representing a national engineering firm that was selected co-general engineering consultant to the Florida Turnpike Enterprise
- Representing an international pharmaceutical client in the successful settlement of 80,000 alleged felony counts related to the purchase of prescription drug materials from an unlicensed provider
- Representation of a medical products firm in successfully obtaining licensure and minimal settlement costs following alleged unlicensed operation after a changed in corporate control
- Representing a national engineering firm and an international investment firm in the drafting, negotiation and passage of tax-related legislation necessary for the creation of transportation public private partnerships (P3s) in the State of Florida
- Representation of a regional airport in the successful drafting, negotiation and passage of legislation necessary for airports to manage and remove wildlife hazards that endanger aircraft operation
In addition to his governmental representations, Mr. Kilman regularly provides counsel and legal representation to national and international insurance and financial institutions. These representations include commercial litigation, insurance coverage matters and advice in the area of public finance.
Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Kilman was made a shareholder at GrayRobinson, P.A. in Orlando, Florida, and was a corporate associate with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as a law clerk at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and has served as an adjunct professor teaching law courses at Florida State University.
Mr. Kilman received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 2000, where he was a senior editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and winner of Harvard Law School’s Williston Contracts Competition. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida with highest honors in 1996, where he graduated as the University’s "Outstanding Male Leader Graduate," was selected to be a member of Florida Blue Key, and was elected to the University of Florida Hall of Fame. In addition, Mr. Kilman completed a fellowship with the Jewish Campus Service Corps at Florida State University.
Mr. Kilman’s civic activities include:
- Executive board of BusinessForce, Central Florida’s largest political action committee
- Board member, Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando
- Past member, board of governors, Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Charter member, Sunset Rotary Club, Tallahassee, Florida
Presentations
- "Strategies in Government Contracting and Negotiations," Florida Government Expo 2003, September 25, 2003.
- "How to Win in a Political World," ITFlorida Tech Forum, panelist, September 21, 2004.
Mr. Kilman is admitted to practice in Florida and Massachusetts. He has conversational knowledge of Spanish.