Insurance: Insurer
California
1 year ranked
Provided by Alston & Bird LLP
Kathy is a strategic legal advisor and seasoned litigator who represents major insurers and financial institutions in class actions and high-exposure business disputes. Her ability to navigate state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as arbitral forums, ensures that her clients receive comprehensive protection through every phase of litigation.
Kathy routinely counsels clients on matters that can have a significant impact on a company’s operations and reputation and has served as co-lead defense counsel for multiple insurers in litigation across the United States. Kathy is recognized for her effectiveness and creativity in navigating the intricacies of California insurance statutes and nationwide consumer protection and privacy laws. Her practice is distinguished by a proven track record of defeating class certification, securing full defense verdicts, and achieving favorable settlements in some of the industry’s most critical disputes, including cost of insurance, life and annuity sales practices, notice-lapse statutes, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty cases.
Public Counsel, executive board, Corporate Governance Committee; firm’s Pro Bono Executive Committee.
California Class Actions chapter, A Practitioner’s Guide to Class Actions (American Bar Association).
Georgetown University
JD
2005
Stanford University
BA, MA
2002
Provided by Chambers
Kathy Huang is commended for her ability to handle high-value and complex insurance disputes, often demonstrating her expertise in dealing with novel and complex underlying issues.
Provided by Chambers
Kathy is wonderful. Her industry knowledge is exceptional; she is a true specialist on insurance litigation. She is also very personable and can translate dense insurance concepts to judges and juries.
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