Kathleen is an experienced litigator who provides advice to insurers and litigates coverage issues relating to various types of insurance policies, including comprehensive general liability, directors and officers (D&O), errors and omissions (E&O), employment practices liability (EPL), professional liability, commercial property and casualty, and public entity and public officials.

Her practice consists of managing coverage cases and representing the interests of insurers in a variety of areas, including environmental contamination, asbestos exposure, toxic tort, construction defect, commercial matters, public entity, public officials, and professional liability. Kathleen has successfully addressed coverage issues and disputes through coverage opinions, arbitration, mediation, and declaratory judgment actions.

In addition to insurance coverage, Kathleen has considerable experience defending legal malpractice actions and handling appellate cases. Further, she has litigated complex civil matters, including toxic tort and mass tort litigation, such as the Mahwah Toxic Dump Mass Tort Litigation, asbestos, arsenic, lead, and benzene exposure cases. Additionally, she handles First Amendment and library law matters.

Kathleen is an active member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and she has been appointed to several leadership positions. She currently serves as the Chair of Malpractice Insurance Committee, is a member of the Ethics Diversionary Program Committee, a member of the Insurance Benefits Committee, and a member of the Lawyer well Being Committee for the New Jersey State Bar Association. Kathleen is also a Trustee for the Women in the Professional Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Previously, Kathleen has served on the Insurance Law Section as the Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Legislative Chair, and CLE Chair. From 2017-2022, she was the Vice Chair of the Malpractice Insurance Special Committee. Additionally, she was also on the District XA Ethics Committee. 

After law school, Kathleen served as a judicial law clerk with the Honorable Robert T. Quackenboss and the Honorable Joseph C. Messina for the 1993-1994 Court Term in the Superior Court of New Jersey.