Adam J. Kaiser

Insurance/Class Actions

• Won a dismissal, at the pleading stage, of all class allegations in a “claims mishandling” class action against an insurer.
• Served as lead counsel in cases covering claims mishandling, repricing cost of insurance rates and expense charges, modal premiums, contract interpretation, state consumer protection laws, fraud and breach of fiduciary duties, annuity sales practices, alleged misuse of master policies, use of alleged improper groups and unfair business practices.
• Convinced a district court to strike class allegations in a claims mishandling case, while at the same time obtaining a dismissal with prejudice of all of the elder abuse, fraud and statutory claims asserted in the complaint.
• Argued numerous class certification motions in courts throughout the country, as well as on appeal, including before the Florida Supreme Court.
• Forced large-scale insurance disputes into arbitration when arbitration was required under the terms of the operative agreements.
• Represented insurers in internal investigations and market conduct examinations.
• Represented insurers in disputes concerning large-scale, retrospectively rated workers’ compensation, general liability and employer liability programs.
• Represented a liquidator of an insolvent insurance company, briefing an appeal before the New Jersey Supreme Court.
• Defeated a motion for class certification in arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

Adam J. Kaiser focuses on the preparation and trial of complex commercial cases, principally in class actions, insurance, sports and entertainment, real estate and arbitration. Adam has taken on cases involving a wide range of issues, enjoying the challenge of learning and mastering new substantive areas of the law in myriad fields.

With more than 20 years’ experience representing insurance companies in complex litigations and arbitrations throughout the country, Adam has a proven track record of defeating class certification. He was the first lawyer in the country to do so in a “modal premium” class action. Adam vigorously defends his insurance clients at every stage of the case, has tried cases to verdict and has argued numerous appeals for insurers before state supreme courts.

Adam represents a variety of financial institutions and other corporations in a wide assortment of complex litigations. He has represented large banks in fraud, fiduciary duty, UCC and consumer class actions, and owners, contractors and others in significant real estate matters.

Adam is also a well-known sports lawyer who has represented sports unions, sports agencies and individual agents, and athletes in a variety of matters, including challenging on behalf of NFL players league-imposed discipline, noncompete “poaching” cases between and among sports agencies, agent discipline, privacy rights and collective bargaining. He is even praised for his football knowledge in Terrell Owens’s autobiography.

Bar Admissions

• New York
• New Jersey

Education

• The George Washington University (J.D., 1992)
• State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 1989)

Memberships