Kathy serves as coverage and claims monitoring counsel for insurance companies providing primary and excess coverage for director and officer liability, as well as fiduciary liability.  Having practiced in this area for a number of years, Kathy has authored several articles on insurance-related topics.  Prior to becoming a member of Bailey Cavalieri, she was Vice President, Associate counsel for Banc One Corporation, where she served as its National Litigation Manager.  Kathy received her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School and her bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University, where she graduated summa cum laude.

Education

University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1983)

Ohio State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980)

Practice Areas

Directors and officers liability and insurance

Excess and reinsurance

Professional liability and insurance

Banking litigation

National coordination of product liability litigation

Bar Admissions

Ohio

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio

Noteworthy Matters/Cases

D&O insurance and litigation:

Monitoring claims

        Coverage counsel

        Insurance underwriting consultation

Represented companies in connection with D&O claims involving:

        Enron

        Ford Motor Company

        Cisco

        Compaq

        Lucent

        Philip Morris

        Prudential

        Merrill Lynch

        Xerox Corporation

Served as in-house national litigation manager for Banc One Corporation.

Served as national coordinating counsel for product liability cases pending against Fortune 150 corporation.

Contributing Author, two-volume treatise, Liability of Corporate Officers and Directors (Seventh Edition, LexisNexis Matthew Bender Publishing) 2002

Co-author, "D&O Liability Exposure of Non-Profit and Privately-Held Organizations," The Risk Report (October 1992)

Co-author, "D&O Liability: Current Developments," Risk Management Review (Fall 1992)