HOME> ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES> KELLY M. LIPPINCOTT
Practice Areas:
Product Liability
Insurance Coverage
Employment and Labor Law
General Liability
Professional Liability
Civil Litigation
Bar and Court Admissions:
Maryland, 2002
Virginia, 2004
District of Columbia, 2004
United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 2003
United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 2004
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2004
US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2006
Drew University
| Degree: | Bachelor of Arts |
| Date: | 1999 |
| Degree: | Juris Doctor |
| Date: | 2002 |
Professional and Civic Organizations:
Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys:
Chair, Professional Liability Section 2010-2011
Defense Research Institute
Personal Statement:
Kelly is a member of the firm. She focuses her practice on Products Liability, Insurance Coverage, and Employment and Labor Law. Kelly has first-chaired dozens of jury and non-jury trials in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. She also has argued before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. Kelly brings to her clients the advantage of having represented both plaintiffs and defendants.
In products-liability matters, Kelly has defended a wide variety of manufacturers and distributors in federal and state courts in suits against product liability claims. She is an active member of the DRI’s Product Liability section. Kelly also has written several articles relating to product liability claims, including Managing the Risks of a Defective Product, which appeared in the Occupational Health & Safety magazine. To read the full text of that article, please click here. Kelly co-authored Products Recalls and Managing the Risks of a Defective Product. To read the full text, click here. Kelly also co-authored The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 – How Companies Can Plan Ahead to Avoid Risk, which appeared in BNA’s Product Safety and Liability Reporter. To read the full text, click here.
In the area of insurance coverage, Kelly has advised insurers about an array of matters, and defended insurers in disputes in federal and state courts. Kelly has litigated matters involving property coverage, life insurance coverage, additional insured disputes, and other areas of coverage.
As a member of the firm’s Employment and Labor Law group, Kelly has defended employers against claims of employment discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge, breach of contract and defamation.
Kelly has successfully tried professional liability cases brought against realtors, insurance agents, and attorneys. She is the Chair of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Professional Liability Section.
Based on her experience, Kelly has developed considerable expertise in civil procedure. For example, based on one of her cases, Kelly recently wrote The Right to a Non-Suit in Virginia Is Not Absolute, an article that provides the defense perspective on a procedural tool favored by plaintiffs. To read the full text, please click here.
Before entering private practice, Kelly was the law clerk to the Honorable Patricia A. Broderick of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. During law school, Kelly served as a student attorney in the Criminal Justice Clinic. Kelly represented criminal defendants and prosecuted criminal matters in the Maryland District Court for Montgomery County.
