As a
member of the firm's insurance
coverage and bad faith team, Kathy
has vast
experience in
the defense of insurer bad faith
claims. In those cases she has
focused on intensive preparation of
company witnesses for deposition and
the strategic use of dispositive and
pre-trial motions to the insurer's
advantage. She has also participated
in extensive
investigation of plaintiffs and
their attorneys' conduct in order to
establish the defense of "reverse"
or "comparative" bad faith.
In
addition to her work with the
insurance coverage and bad faith
team, Kathy handles automobile liability
and uninsured/underinsured motorist
cases. She has tried many liability
actions before Philadelphia County
juries including matters involving
the limited tort threshold and has
obtained favorable results. She has
also arbitrated numerous uninsured
and underinsured motorist actions
and with her heightened sensitivity
to "good faith" claims handling, she
has been able to counsel her clients
about potential problems. Kathy has
frequently spoken at seminars on bad
faith and unisured/underinsured motorist
topics.
Kathy has developed a litigation
style which focuses on thorough,
meticulous development of the file
and focused discovery. This style
has reaped rewards for her clients
with several suits dismissed in
their entirety prior to trial or
arbitration after information
unfavorable to the plaintiff came to
light. In addition, Kathy possesses
strong research, writing and oral
advocacy skills and prides herself
on her responsiveness to clients.
Kathy is one of the co-authors of
the firm’s publication:
"Pennsylvania Bad Faith Update–
Trends in First and Third Party Bad
Faith."
Outside of the office, Kathy enjoys
spending time with her husband and
two teenage daughters.
