Kate L. Villanueva

Before joining the firm, Kate served as a law clerk to Judge Morton I. Greenberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and for the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Representative Experience

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

• Defeated class certification in case alleging wrongful termination of life insurance policies under California law.
• Reversal of certification in published opinion in case involving allegations of noncompliance with California Insurance Code.
• Summary judgment and Eleventh Circuit affirmance of proper application and interpretation of disability insurance policy riders relating to lifetime benefits.
• Summary judgment and Fourth Circuit affirmance of summary judgment in case involving application and interpretation of AD&D DUI exclusion.
• Summary judgment in dispute regarding alleged improper discrimination in underwriting.
• Summary judgment and dismissal of class claims in case involving alleged failure to pay benefits on lapsed policies.
• Summary judgment in New York case challenging rescission practices of life insurer.
• Defense of and favorable settlement in New Jersey-based putative class action alleging underpayment of state-mandated temporary disability benefits.
• Dismissal of claims in dispute alleging improper application of disability insurance policy’s notice provisions.
• Defense of and favorable settlement in putative class actions challenging improper rescission practices and “post-claim” underwriting.

Personal Interests

Kate lives in Moorestown, New Jersey. She enjoys spending time with her husband and four children.