Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Kilpatrick Stockton has extensive experience representing and advising policyholders regarding commercial insurance coverage issues and disputes. We are foremost among law firms headquartered in the eastern United States in resolving sophisticated insurance claims disputes. We work closely with our clients in analyzing coverage issues and developing cost-effective strategies to maximize the value of their insurance assets.

For instance, we routinely consult with clients and other counsel in settling major disputes with other parties by sharing, when appropriate, proceeds from various types of insurance policies that may cover the claims. We are especially proud of our record in satisfactorily resolving insurance disputes by negotiation and alternative dispute resolution.

Kilpatrick Stockton uses its insurance expertise and resources to resolve coverage disputes by persuasion and negotiation; however we also vigorously pursue litigation to verify coverage or to recover money damages when carriers deny claims. We routinely handle coverage disputes involving the following:

• Technology and intellectual property claims including patent, trademark, trade dress, and copyright infringement, and unfair competition;
• Construction industry claims including completed operations and course of construction losses;
• Environmental liabilities including Superfund cleanups, petroleum contamination, and toxic torts;
• Mass products liability claims;
• Healthcare claims focusing on physician and nursing home disputes;
• Directors and officers liability and other professional liability claims;
• First party property and business interruption losses; and
• Employee-related claims and disputes.

The firm's commitment to diversity as a core value leads us to pursue initiatives that make every aspect of our work environment more open and fulfilling for everyone. We have adopted as our guiding principle the following statement about what diversity means to us, which we refer to as the Kilpatrick Townsend diversity principle:

"At Kilpatrick Townsend, all persons, without regard to differences among them that do not matter in the workplace, shall be respected and valued fully, so that each person may maximize his or her potential to contribute to the common good of our firm and to benefit fairly from doing so."

Our Legacy

Kilpatrick Townsend has a 135-year history of leadership in inclusiveness -- hiring and promoting diverse attorneys and staff and fostering an environment in which the best legal minds can thrive. It's one of the most important elements of our legacy, and it has contributed directly to our firm's success.

Kilpatrick Townsend:

• was one of the first large firms in the Southeast to have a female partner;
• led the major regional law firms in recruiting and hiring African-American attorneys
• was the first AmLaw 100 firm headquartered in the South to have a female co-managing partner;
• represented Martin Luther King, Sr. when the IRS unfairly targeted his church in the 1960s; and
• provided pro bono counsel to Atlanta’s first black mayor Maynard Jackson’s mayoral re-election campaign in 1989.

For us, diversity in our workplace is about action and continually seeking better ways to empower and energize our diverse personnel for success. Their individual successes enhance both our ability to provide world-class services to clients and our collective and individual contributions to the strength and vitality of the communities in which we work and live.

Our Vision and Values

Commitment is the foundation of a successful effort to build and maintain a diverse and inclusive environment. We are working to attract the widest possible pool of top talent; provide opportunities for all attorneys and staff to maximize their potential and fully contribute to accomplishing our firm’s mission, and ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Promoting diversity and its social imperative for fair treatment in our workplace without regard to racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexual orientation and other self-defining factors is a core value of the firm -- a part of the fabric for our institutional life. We recognize both the social responsibility and the business opportunity of promoting diversity. It is the right thing to do, and it is good for business.