Kristen Swift

Overview

Kristen Swift assists her clients with insurance coverage and litigation, professional liability (doctors, psychiatrists, accountants, lawyers), labor and employment, commercial litigation, construction, and real estate disputes. She acts as Delaware counsel and recently launched an arbitration and mediation practice where she offers her services as a third-party neutral. Ms. Swift has nearly a decade of experience representing clients from case origination to resolution.

Ms. Swift defends clients in all aspects of insurance coverage and litigation. She represents directors and officers in high stakes claims litigation, fiduciary coverage issues, bad faith dispute litigation, policyholder disputes, and defends insureds against liability matters. Ms. Swift provides guidance to insurance carriers on underwriting and product development, including policies, endorsements, and coverage agreements.

She defends employers in wage and hour cases, against retaliation and discrimination claims, and provides general consultation and advice on workplace investigation and best practices.

In her commercial litigation practice, Ms. Swift represents corporate clients as general counsel and assists corporate and individual clients in a range of disputes.

Ms. Swift’s real estate practice includes advising Homeowner Association Boards and members and litigating HOA disputes. She assists individuals with nuisance claims, deed issues, and offers advice on general real estate issues, including commercial leases.

Before joining Kaufman Dolowich, Ms. Swift co-managed the Delaware office of a national law firm, developing their real estate practice and overseeing their workers’ compensation practice. Prior to that role, she worked as an associate on civil litigation matters and as a litigator for a national insurance carrier. During law school, Ms. Swift was awarded the merit-based Josiah S. Wolcott Fellowship and clerked for former Justice Jack B. Jacobs of the Delaware Supreme Court. She interned for the Honorable Leonard P. Stark, formerly of the United States District Court, District of Delaware, and for the Honorable Judge Mary F. Walrath of the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware before graduating magna cum laude.

Professional Memberships

• American Bar Association Member – Business Law and Litigation Sections
• Delaware Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, Trustee
• Delaware State Bar Association, Past Chair, Litigation Section
• Delaware State Bar Association, Past Chair, Torts & Insurance Practice Section
• Delaware State Bar Journal, Editor
• Law360 Editorial Advisory Board Member for Delaware (2023)
• Richard S. Rodney American Inn of Court