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. Kathleen manages coverage cases and represents 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. In her experience, 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.

 

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.