Kristen Perkins
Kristen.Perkins@kennedyslaw.com
+1 212 832 4920
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Education
- University of Miami School of Law, JD (magna cum laude), 2002
- The George Washington University, BA, Political Science, 1998
Kristen Perkins is a partner in the Fort Lauderdale office. Kristen’s practice focuses on complex insurance disputes involving a broad range of coverages including primary and excess general liability, employment, professional liability, directors & officers, property, auto and crime. Kristen handles litigation and arbitration on a wide array of coverage issues and extra-contractual disputes. She also assists her carrier clients with initial coverage determinations, opinions, claim handling advice, counselling on risk transfer, and a variety of ancillary issues facing insurers, including agent/producer disputes and enforcement of restrictive covenants.
Kristen speaks on emerging issues and trends in claims management best practices and extra-contractual issues.
Kristen in a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), Claims and Litigation Management (CLM) and the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS).
Qualifications and admissions
- Florida
- New York
- US District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
- US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Work highlights
- Obtained award in favor of Bermuda insurance carrier in London arbitration involving an employment practice liability insurance dispute
- Summary judgment awarded in favor of insurer in arbitration enforcing restrictive covenants against competitor and former employees
- Summary judgment awarded in favor of insurer on dispute involving coverage for condominium assessments
- Motion to Dismiss granted in favor of insurer on dispute involving coverage under a CGL policy for ADA class action claims made in connection with the construction of a football stadium
- Motion to Dismiss granted in favor of insurer on claims of extra-contractual liability
- Successful representation of excess carrier in multi-casualty pedestrian bridge collapse involving multiple defendants and bankruptcy issues
- Representation of insurers in the defense of bad faith claims involving personal injury offenses, specialty coverages and first-party property claims
- Coverage and monitoring counsel for both domestic and international insurers on issues involving excess liability claims, construction defect coverage disputes, employment claims, personal and advertising injury, directors & officers liability, defect and injury claims involving large scale construction projects, interpretation of contract law, indemnity and risk transfer, and punitive damages
- Defense of employment discrimination, ADA disability and website accessibility cases, retaliation, including Workers' Compensation retaliation claims, product liability, premises liability, and breach of contract cases
Presentations and publications
- “The use of novel theories of products liability and negligence in the context of social media litigation and other emerging fields,” presented at the 2024 DRI Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium (December 2024)
- “Number of occurrences,” In-House Client Training (October 2024)
- “Claims inflation,” In-House Client Training (October 2024)
- “Lessons learned from the largest claims of the 21st century,” presented at Kennedys Hot Topics Conference (October 2024)
- “Global connectivity,” presented at the ISC Bermuda: Executive Roundtable (October 2024)
- “Effective business practices in the US,” In-House Client Training (September 2024)
- "Recognizing risk transfer opportunities," In-House Client Training (October 2023)
- "Latest Trends and Concerns in Florida," In-House Client Training (September 2023)
- "Emerging trends in construction defect and the new frontier for discovery battles," presented at Kennedys Hot Topics Conference (October 2022)
- Presenter, 2021 IADC Annual Meeting, "Good Faith: Some Things Change, Some Stay the Same"
- Moderator and Presenter, 2021 CLM Annual Conference, "Absence of Malice? It’s Assignment of Times," a panel discussion on Coverage B and anti-assignment provisions (June 2021)
Insurance and reinsurance