Konrad Krebs

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Konrad Krebs is a commercial trial and appellate lawyer representing insurance carriers and businesses in complex commercial, insurance, and bad faith litigation. Konrad focuses his practice on disputes involves large exposures and emerging issues of law that are likely to impact future industry disputes. As part of this practice, Konrad frequently represents insurance clients in emerging mass tort, environmental, and extracontractual exposures.

Konrad advises insurers in coverage disputes under all types of policies, including commercial general liability, directors' & officers', errors and omissions, employers’ liability, professional liability, excess, and aviation policies. Konrad has been at the forefront of some of the most contentious insurance disputes of the past decade, guiding clients through a litany of major mass tort bankruptcies, multidistrict litigation, and coverage disputes receiving industry-wide attention.

Apart from his work for insurers, Konrad has also represented corporate clients and corporate officers in litigation arising out of myriad commercial disputes and has secured successful outcomes for clients in state and federal courts throughout the country. Konrad has further represented clients with interested stakes in impact litigation, drafting and submitting amicus curiae briefs, including in the United States Supreme Court.

Admissions

• California
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• US District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of California
• US District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania
• US District Court for the District of New Jersey

Education

• J.D., Villanova University School of Law, 2014
• B.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2011

Memberships

• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• Insurance Society of Philadelphia
• Los Angeles Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association
  • Chair, Insurance Law Committee 
• Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)
• San Francisco Bar Association

Experience

• Represented insurers in mass tort bankruptcies, including a large national youth organization, insurance company, large pharmaceutical chain, and various religious organization-in their bankruptcies.
• Represented insurer involving exposure in excess of USD 100 million regarding insured's disclosure of protected disability information.
• Defeated reasonableness of consent judgment on resolution of numerous claims of abuse against nonprofit.
• Represented insurer in coverage dispute involving disclosure of employee biometric information in violation of privacy statutes.
• Obtained trial verdict valued at over USD 2 million in dispute between commercial tenant and its landlord.
• Represented retailer on appeal in an issue of first impression in unfair competition lawsuit regarding attorneys’ fees award, resulting in the reversal of trial court decision and client receiving a full fee award.
• Successfully prosecuted breach of complex commercial agreement series regarding production of commercial media.
• Obtained dismissal of bad faith claims against excess insurers in litigation against national youth organization bankruptcy trust.
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of insurers in coverage litigation against opioid manufacturer bankruptcy trust
• Obtained judgment on the pleadings in favor of insurer against commercial builder and claimants; affirmed on appeal.
• Obtained dismissal of lawsuit against corporate officer seeking damages arising out of company's insolvency.
• Obtained summary judgment for excess insurer in lawsuit seeking insurance coverage for malicious prosecution settlement by a county government.
• As appellate counsel, obtained remittitur of bad faith verdict on constitutional grounds.
• Defeated preliminary injunction seeking to halt use of intellectual property.

Publications

• “No Global MDL for COVID Business Interruption Claims, But Panel Will Consider Separate Consolidated Proceedings,” Construction Defect Journal, 2020
• “Insurer Paid Claim to Avoid Bad Faith; Reimbursed Because of Misrepresentation,” Claims Journal, 2020
• “COVID-19: Why the Disconnect Between Perception and Reality for Business Interruption Coverage,” Coverage Opinions, 2020

Presentations

• “Coverage B Takes Flight: Emerging Personal and Advertising Injury Coverage Risks for Drones”, Aviation Insurance Industry Annual Conference 2026, Dallas, Texas, May 2026
• “Emerging Risks – Next Gen Nuclear,” Clyde & Co Emerging Risks Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2026
• “Introduction to U.S. Claims Handling,” Private Client Presentations, Paris, France, Munich, Germany, and Milan, Italy, 2025
• “Emerging Risks – U.S. Legal Doctrines,” Clyde & Co Emerging Risks Program, San Francisco, California, December 2025
• “Pennsylvania Bad Faith Primer,” Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2025
• Pleadings, Discovery, and Depositions in Insurance Disputes,” Pennsylvania Bar Association, August 2025
• “Emerging Risks – Climate Change Claims,” Clyde & Co Emerging Risk Program, San Francisco, California, September 2025
• “Advanced Topics in Litigating the Duty to Defend,” Strafford CLE, Los Angelas, California, June 2025
• “Introduction to Liability Insurance for Judges,” Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 2024
• “Insurance 101,” Philadelphia Bench Bar Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 2025
• “Ethics in Claims Handling,” Private Client Presentation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 2023
• “Climate Change Claims – From CO2 to CGL,” EECMA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2023
• “SB 447 – Coverage Implications of New California Non-Economic Damages Law,” Private Client Presentation, April 2022
• “Insurance Mediation in 2020: Essential Issues in Complex Mediations,” Coverage College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2020