Kimberly Forrester

Full Profile

Kimberly Forrester advises U.S. and London insurers on complex and high-exposure coverage disputes and claims involving private company and not-for-profit management liability policies.  Kimberly has experience in both domestic and international claims under directors’ and officers’, employment practices, professional liability, fiduciary liability, commercial crime/fidelity, and general liability policies involving government investigations, statutory violations such as the False Claims Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act, and other common law claims. 

In light of COVID-19, Kimberly has also expanded her practice to advise and represent insurers on key coverage issues related to employment practices and management liability claims arising from the pandemic, including issues of workplace safety and staffing changes.

Kimberly provides litigation monitoring and dispute resolution services, and she represents insurers at mediation and settlement conferences in both state and federal court litigation.  Kimberly's ability to recall and analyze the smallest details while never losing sight of the broader picture, enables her to develop and execute strategies that achieve the best possible results for her clients. 

Earlier in her career, Kimberly served as a judicial extern to the president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.  She was also involved in her law school’s California Asylum Representation Clinic, where she worked as a volunteer and mentor, advocating on behalf of asylum-seekers.

Admissions

• California

Education

• J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), 2012. Senior editor of the Berkeley Journal of International Law. Staff editor of the Berkeley Business Law Journal.
• B.A., Johns Hopkins University, Phi Beta Kappa honors, 2009

Experience

Presentations

• Speaker, "Litigation Funding & Insurance Coverage," Chubb, New Jersey, July 2019
• Speaker, "False Claims Act Litigation & Implications for D&O and Professional Liability Insurers," Chubb, Pennsylvania, March 2018

Publications

• Co-author of "Chapter 8 – Policy Exclusions" and "Chapter 10 – Allocation," Directors & Officers Liability Insurance Deskbook, American Bar Association, Fifth Edition, 2020 release
• Co-contributor, "Chapter 8 – Policy Exclusions," Directors & Officers Liability Insurance Deskbook, Fourth Edition, 2016
• "Employers Beware: Is Your Disclosure Solely a Disclosure?," Michigan Society of Association Executives, Impact Magazine, April 19, 2017
• Co-author, “Coverage B: Personal Injury and Advertising Injury Liability Trends," DRI Insurance Coverage and Claims Institute, April 2016
• "Insurance Coverage Issues Implicated in Data Breach Claims," DRI’s Data Breach and Privacy Law Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, September 2014
• “A Sigh of Relief for California Manufacturers," Law360, August 2013