- Ranked lawyer and notable practitioner for 'Insurance (New Jersey)'
"Kristin Gallagher acts on a wide range of insurance disputes, including covering disputes involving property damage, business interruptions, product liability, professional risk and catastrophic events."
"Kristin is everything I need in a lawyer - responsive, knowledgeable, and very strategic."
Chambers USA 2021 - Ranked lawyer and notable practitioner for 'Insurance (New Jersey)'
"Kristin Gallagher handles coverage disputes relating to product liability, professional risk and catastrophic events. "She is smart, knowledgeable and responsive to our needs," reports a client, adding: "She understands our business, is innovative in her thinking and conscious of our focus on cost reductions."
Chambers USA 2020 - Recognized by New Jersey Super Lawyers (2017-2018)
Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
- New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department
- US Court of Appeals, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits
- US District Court, New Jersey
- US District Court, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of New York
Education
- Seton Hall University School of Law, JD, 1995
- Fairfield University, BA, 1992
Kristin is a Partner in the New Jersey office and has spent over two decades litigating, mediating, and arbitrating insurance coverage matters in federal and state courts around the country. She represents clients in the areas of commercial property and casualty, product contamination and product recall, professional liability, directors’ and officers’ liability, advertising liability, cyber risk, and environmental and mass tort claims. She also has significant experience in all aspects of bad faith litigation, including claims between primary and excess insurers.
Kristin’s practice includes counseling insurers on large claim losses, risk analysis, policy drafting, bad faith exposures and general business matters. She is also a frequent lecturer on a myriad of insurance and litigation topics.
Earlier in her career, Kristin served as Law Clerk to The Honorable Peter E. Doyne, P.J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County. Kristin is currently a member of the Defense Research Institute, Council on Litigation Management, National Association of Professional Women and National Association of Insurance Women, and is a founding member of the firm’s Women's Initiative. In addition, Kristin is a member of Chief, an organization devoted to connecting and supporting C-Suite women professionals. She also serves as an elected member of the Board of Education in Washington Township, New Jersey.
