Kevin Dreher

Kevin is the Co-Chair of the Insurance Recovery Group at Barnes & Thornburg. He is a litigator and trial lawyer, having focused his practice for more than 20 years on insurance recovery on behalf of policyholders, complex commercial litigation, and claim/dispute-related counseling. He represents policyholders and other commercial parties throughout the United States and abroad, having recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for policyholders.

Kevin represents policyholders in a wide range of insurance coverage disputes, including long-tail environmental, toxic tort and asbestos claims under general liability policies; losses stemming from natural and man-made disasters under first-party and business interruption insurance; directors and officers (D&O) liability coverage; E&O Claims; losses under ocean cargo marine and storage policies; Reps & Warranties claims; cyber losses; crime/theft policies; media liability claims; and more.

Kevin also has negotiated and litigated resolution of insurance claims/disputes with virtually all major U.S. insurers and the London and Bermuda markets, and in courts across the U.S. and in international arbitrations. Further, Kevin represents and advises clients in complex commercial litigation disputes ranging from financial services and banking matters, outsourcing disputes, product liability, environmental and regulatory enforcement actions, class actions, securities and broker-dealer and related enforcement actions, white collar and corporate investigations, and product liability and mass tort defense matters.

University of Illinois College of Law

J.D

2002

Loyola University Chicago

M.A

1996

University of Michigan

B.A

1993

Partner and Co-Chair of the Insurance Recovery Group

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Current

Rising Star in General Litigation 2011 and 2012

Illinois Super Lawyers

Current

Activities: Member, American Bar Association

Current

Activities: Member, Illinois State Bar Association

Current

Activities: Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

Current

Activities: Editor-in-Chief, The Elder Law Journal, University of Illinois College of Law

Illinois

Michigan

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

• Free Consultation

• Insurance Recovery
• Corporate Investigations and White Collar
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation
• Bankruptcy Litigation