AssistantNichole Wilcher
302.356.1125
nwilcher@wglaw.com Kristen co-manages Weber Gallagher’s Delaware office and oversees the office’s workers’ compensation practice. As a general litigation practitioner, she takes on cases involving civil litigation, contract disputes, premises liability, construction defects, civil rights and employment claims, insurance coverage issues, HOA disputes, and real estate matters.
Kristen provides insurance coverage opinions, appellate assistance, and litigates in all Delaware courts in myriad areas of the law including, employment, civil rights, insurance, subrogation, contract disputes, construction, general liability, malpractice, workers' compensation, and bankruptcy.
Kristen routinely represents business owners, non-profits, and homeowner’s associations. She also helps out-of-state counsel understand the “Delaware Way” as they navigate the litigation process.
Before joining Weber Gallagher, Kristen was an in-house litigator for a Fortune 100 insurance company. In 2013-2014, she was Wolcott Fellow to former Justice Jack B. Jacobs of the Delaware Supreme Court. While in law school, Kristen also interned for Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark in the U.S District Court, District of Delaware, and for the Honorable Mary F. Walrath in the U.S Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware. Kristen was the first Web Content Editor for the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law and graduated magna cum laude.
Kristen is the Immediate Past Chair of the Delaware State Bar Association's Litigation Section and previously chaired the Association’s Torts & Insurance Section. She serves on the editorial board for the Delaware State Bar Journal, where she launched a column that focuses on providing content to women attorneys aimed at combating attrition of women in the legal profession. She also serves on Law360’s 2022 Delaware Editorial Advisory Board.
Since 2019, Kristen has been recognized by the publisher of the Delaware edition of Super Lawyers magazine as a "Rising Star," an honor given to the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in Delaware. She was selected by her peers for inclusion in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in America among "Ones to Watch." Since 2018, Kristen has been named to Delaware Today magazine’s “Top Lawyers” list in the category of Insurance Law.
Kristen co-manages Weber Gallagher’s Delaware office and oversees the office’s workers’ compensation practice. As a general litigation practitioner, she takes on cases involving civil litigation, contract disputes, premises liability, construction defects, civil rights and employment claims, insurance coverage issues, HOA disputes, and real estate matters.
Kristen provides insurance coverage opinions, appellate assistance, and litigates in all Delaware courts in myriad areas of the law including, employment, civil rights, insurance, subrogation, contract disputes, construction, general liability, malpractice, workers' compensation, and bankruptcy.
Kristen routinely represents business owners, non-profits, and homeowner’s associations. She also helps out-of-state counsel understand the “Delaware Way” as they navigate the litigation process.
Before joining Weber Gallagher, Kristen was an in-house litigator for a Fortune 100 insurance company. In 2013-2014, she was Wolcott Fellow to former Justice Jack B. Jacobs of the Delaware Supreme Court. While in law school, Kristen also interned for Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark in the U.S District Court, District of Delaware, and for the Honorable Mary F. Walrath in the U.S Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware. Kristen was the first Web Content Editor for the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law and graduated magna cum laude.
Kristen is the Immediate Past Chair of the Delaware State Bar Association's Litigation Section and previously chaired the Association’s Torts & Insurance Section. She serves on the editorial board for the Delaware State Bar Journal, where she launched a column that focuses on providing content to women attorneys aimed at combating attrition of women in the legal profession. She also serves on Law360’s 2022 Delaware Editorial Advisory Board.
Since 2019, Kristen has been recognized by the publisher of the Delaware edition of Super Lawyers magazine as a "Rising Star," an honor given to the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in Delaware. She was selected by her peers for inclusion in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in America among "Ones to Watch." Since 2018, Kristen has been named to Delaware Today magazine’s “Top Lawyers” list in the category of Insurance Law.
Representative ExperienceTestimonial:
“I had a case regarding a Landlord / Tennant dispute in Delaware. […] During the trial, Kristen asked all the right questions, and backed the property manager into a corner. I watched the landlord’s case fall apart before my eyes. […] The landlord’s attorney then offered a settlement that was beneficial to me. Kristen Swift did a fantastic job with my case. If any of my neighbors have difficulty with this landlord, or any issue, I will be sure to recommend her to them. Again, a first-rate job, Kristen really did her homework, complete with diagrams and executed a very damaging cross-examination of the landlord’s main witness, essentially winning the case and getting me to my desired outcome by allowing me to keep my vacation home.”
- Inspector Supervisor at a Leading Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturer
ExperienceSecured a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal for an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system, successfully defending them against negligence, gross negligence, and bad faith claims by arguing the plaintiff’s claims were barred by res judicata and collateral estoppel.
Successfully asserted the collateral source rule applied to prevent the admission of past medical bill damages that were paid by Medicaid, Medicare, or a workers’ compensation carrier to the jury and successfully asserted the collateral source rule should also prevent the jury from seeing prospective medical treatment that will be paid by a workers’ compensation carrier from unless the applicable Delaware Fee Schedule deductions are considered.
Represented a Homeowner’s Association Board and Property Management Company against allegations of bad faith and breach of fiduciary duty claims and secured resolution through settlement whereby creative solutions that did not include monetary consideration were employed.
Speaking Engagements- 04.20.22Speaker, “The Impact of Prescription Drug Pricing on Workers’ Compensation Claims,” ExecuSummit
- 04.11.22Speaker, "The First 48 Hours: Best Practices for Conducting Internal Workplace Investigations and Responding to Employee Claims," RIMS 2022
- 03.29.22Panelist, "Maximizing Legal Analytics as a Competitive Advantage in Delaware State Trial Courts," Delaware State Bar Association
WG University- 01.12.23Understanding Automobile and Property Subrogation in Delaware
- 04.28.22Workers' Compensation: A Full View
- 03.31.22Delaware Workers’ Compensation: A Deeper Look
Professional & Community InvolvementDelaware State Bar Journal, Editorial Board
Delaware Bar Association, Litigation Section, Chair
Delaware Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Former Chair, 2018-2021
Law360's 2022 Delaware Editorial Board
Defense Counsel of Delaware, Member
Delaware Claims Association, Member
The Richard S. Rodney American Inn of Court, Member
The Justice Randall H. Holland Inn of Court, Member
American Bar Association, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Newsletter, Co-Chair
AssistantNichole Wilcher
302.356.1125
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