Kristen C. Kish
Kristen Kish is a Special Counsel at Mound Cotton. She handles reinsurance matters in arbitration and litigation, as well as first-party insurance coverage claims. She litigates cases in both federal and state courts.
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 and bankruptcy matters, specializing in consumer debt. During law school, she was a law clerk at both an insurance defense firm and a bankruptcy law firm.
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
Newsroom
Bylined Articles
- “Intertwined Worlds of Insurance, Reinsurance, and the Law in the U.S. and U.K.,” co-authored with Michael Goldstein, ARIAS-US Quarterly, Q1 2024
Client Alerts
Speaking Engagements
- 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
Admissions
New York, 2016
New Jersey, 2015
California, 2013
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2019
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2019
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, 2015
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2015
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 2015
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2013
Education
J.D., cum laude, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2013
B.A., highest honors, Pennsylvania State University, 2010