Kristen C. Kish

Kristen C. Kish is a Partner at Mound Cotton with over ten years of experience in all phases of complex commercial litigation and arbitration. Her practice focuses on reinsurance, third party insurance coverage, first party insurance coverage, and general litigation. She advises reinsurers in matters involving follow-the-fortunes and follow-the-settlements, number of occurrences, allocation, and notice. She also handles third party and first party insurance coverage, including matters involving coverage for environmental damage, toxic tort personal injury, molestation, construction defects, copyright infringement, advertising injury, personal injury, pharmaceuticals, and bad faith faith/statutory claims-handling violations. She has litigated in state and federal courts throughout the United States.

Kristen joined Mound Cotton in 2019. She is a graduate of Pepperdine School of Law, cum laude. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, with highest honors, from Pennsylvania State University. While attending law school, she received the CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Federal Income Taxation; Divorce; and Interviewing, Counseling and Planning.

Prior to joining the firm, Kristen worked as an associate in law firms in California and New York, where she concentrated on civil litigation, bankruptcy, and foreclosure matters, specializing in consumer debt. She represented numerous clients in successful Chapter 7 bankruptcies and Chapter 13 bankruptcy reorganization plans.

Honors

• Member, AIRROC NextGen Task Force
• Recognized in Super Lawyers, New York Metro, Rising Stars, Insurance Coverage, 2020-2024
• Recognized in Super Lawyers, New York Metro, Women’s Edition Rising Stars, Insurance Coverage, 2021

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Speaking Engagements

• Panelist, “Notable Insurance Coverage Cases,” AIRROC’s 2025 Spring Membership Meeting, March 14, 2025
• Moderator, “Basics of Arbitration Workshop: The Key Things for Insurance Professionals to Know,” AIRROC Legacy Transactions & Networking Forum, October 22, 2024
• Panelist, “Charting Our Path: Minority Narratives in the Corporate World,” AIRROC Legacy Transactions & Networking Forum, October 21, 2024
• Panelist, “Social Inflation,” RAA Re Claims 2024: Navigating the World of Reinsurance Protection When Loss Strikes,” October 18, 2024
• Moderator, “The Impact of Social Inflation,” Mound Cotton NYC Annual Reinsurance Conference, New York City, September 19, 2024
• Panelist, “AI – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,” webinar, ARIAS, December 6, 2023
• Moderator, “Artificial Intelligence in the Insurance & Reinsurance Industry,” Mound Cotton NYC Annual Reinsurance Conference, New York City, September 21, 2023
• Presenter, “Hot Topic – The Future of Reinsurance Collateral,” RAA Re Basics: Demystifying Reinsurance, New York, NY, May 9, 2023
• Presenter, “Abuse/Molestation Claims,” AIRROC Claims Trends Webinar: Abuse and Sports Head Injuries, January 16, 2022