Julianna is a founding partner of the firm. She has been practicing insurance law and professional and management liability defense in New York for more than thirty years. Large exposure and complex cases, including class/mass actions and mass arbitrations, make up the majority of Julianna’s casework, in addition to significant program business, involving Directors &… Read more »
Location: New York City
Richard A. Pretti
Richard is a partner representing international and domestic insurers in coverage matters involving Miscellaneous Errors and Omissions, Employment Practices, Directors and Officers, Trustee and Fiduciary, General and Products Liability and Environmental Claims. Richard represented certain Lloyd’s of London Syndicates in connection with the World Trade Center insurance coverage litigation.
Andrew Oldis
Andrew is a partner concentrating in the areas of Directors and Officers Liability, E&O and Professional Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Cyber Liability and Tech E&O, Financial Instructions Liability, and ERISA and Fiduciary Liability. He represents domestic and international insurance companies in complex insurance coverage matters and coverage litigation, including matters involving: securities class actions and… Read more »
Samantha Montrose
Samantha is a partner involved in insurance coverage matters on behalf of domestic and international insurers, particularly in the areas of Employment Practices Liability, Directors and Officers Liability and Professional Liability. In addition to advising insurers regarding coverage, Samantha monitors complex claims and conducts exposure assessments of those claims, including nationwide class actions. She works… Read more »
Dianna D. McCarthy
Dianna D. McCarthy is a partner whose practice focuses on Employment and Workplace Management and Cybersecurity, including privacy, pre-breach and Incident Response. Dianna defends employers against allegations of wrongdoing including claims of sexual harassment, failure to hire and/or promote, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation (including False Claims Act Retaliation), theft of trade secrets and enforcement of… Read more »
Rocco P. Matra
Rocco is a partner practicing in the fields of Construction and Labor Law liability, Medical Malpractice, General Liability, Premises Liability, Products Liability and Professional Liability. Rocco has successfully defended claims in both state and federal court on general liability and medical malpractice claims including defense of hospitals, physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, dentist and physical… Read more »
Diana-Marie Laventure
Diana-Marie is a senior associate whose practice focuses on Employment Practices Litigation, General Liability, and Medical Malpractice. She represents employers, resorts, medical and mental health professionals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities in proceedings throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Prior to joining KBR, Diana-Marie served as an assistant prosecutor at the Union County Prosecutor’s Office… Read more »
Loretta A. Krez
Loretta is a partner whose practice focuses primarily on the areas of Medical, Dental and Nursing Malpractice. Since 1986, she has been representing major hospitals in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan areas as well as physicians, dentists, chiropractors, nurses and other health care providers. Loretta is the author of various articles and has… Read more »
Andrew S. Kaufman
Andrew is a founding partner who represents healthcare providers in virtually all medical specialty fields as well as many of the most prestigious hospitals in the New York metropolitan area. He also represents a number of well-known medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Over the past thirty years, Andrew has tried more than one hundred cases… Read more »
Christine Heenan
Christine Heenan is a partner of the firm and focuses her practice on Insurance Coverage, particularly in the areas of Employment Practices and Wage & Hour Liability, Professional Liability, Cyber Liability and Directors & Officers Liability. She represents domestic and foreign insurers in the monitoring of complex claims, including nationwide class and collective actions, and… Read more »