Kristen Reilly

Kristen emphasizes alternative dispute resolution whenever appropriate. Her targeted guidance takes a comprehensive view of her clients’ overall operations. This level of engagement enables her to develop company-wide best practices that help avoid future litigation and ensure that current litigation decisions have a minimal impact on the company’s business.

Representative Experience

• Cohen et al. v. Accordia Life and Annuity Co., Alliance-One Services, Inc., No. 4:18-cv-00458 (S.D. Iowa Oct. 28, 2020 ) (granting final approval of nationwide class settlement)
• Clapp et al v. Accordia Life and Annuity Co., Alliance-One Services, Inc., No. 2:17-cv-2097 (C.D. Ill. June 23, 2020) (granting final approval of nationwide class settlement)
• Reed v. Accordia Life and Annuity Company, et al, Case No. Case No. MSC 17-02212 (Cal. Sup. Ct. July 15, 2019) (granting summary judgment claims for breach of contract and breach of good faith and fair dealing claims in lawsuit alleging wrongful lapse/failure to pay death benefit)
• Leiner v. Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc., No. 15-cv-5876 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 31, 2017) (granting final approval of nationwide class settlement)
• Crocker et al. v. Bluestone Innovations, LLC, (Va. Cir. Ct. 2016) (granting plea in bar and awarding attorneys’ fees)
• Fleisher v. Phoenix Life Ins. Co., 18 F.Supp.3d 456 (S.D.N.Y. 2014) (granting in part summary judgment finding that Phoenix did not rely on impermissible factors in raising cost of insurance rates)
• Fleisher v. Phoenix Life Insurance Co., 858 F. Supp. 2d 290 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) (granting motion to dismiss claims for violations of New York's General Business Law § 349, for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and for declaratory relief in lawsuit alleging wrongful cost of insurance rate increase)
• U.S. Bank National Association v. PHL Variable Insurance Co., No. CV 11-9517, 2012 WL 1525012 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 26, 2012) (granting motion to dismiss claims for violations of California's Unfair Competition Law and False Advertising Law, and for tortious breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in lawsuit alleging wrongful cost of insurance rate increase)
• Negrete v. Allianz Life Ins. Co. of N. America, Nos. 05-6838, 2011 2909246 (C.D. Cal. July 18, 2011) (striking plaintiffs' partial motion for summary judgment and barring plaintiffs from alleging un-pled UCL claims)
• Abell v. Cissel, No. 09-0900 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2010) (judgment in favor of pro bono clients who were victims of mortgage "foreclosure rescue" fraud following three-week trial affirmed)
• Public Service Co. of Colorado v. Mallon, No. CV 07-762, slip op. (Colo. Dist. Ct. Oct. 22, 2008) (dismissing count asserted under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act)