Adam J. Kaiser

Insurance & Class Actions

• National coordinating counsel to a major carrier in defending nationwide COVID-19 business interruption claims, securing victories in multidistrict litigation, numerous state trial and appellate courts, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
• Counsel to a leading international insurer in multiple litigations and disputes involving multiple insureds relating to PFAS chemicals under commercial general liability policies.
• Obtained a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a major insurance carrier in a class action involving allegedly deceptive marketing practices for an extended service plan.
• Won a dismissal, at the pleading stage, of all class allegations in a “claims mishandling” class action against an insurer.
• 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 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 involving 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 Kaiser has more than 30 years of experience representing insurance companies in complex litigations and arbitrations throughout the country. With a proven track record of defeating class certification using novel techniques, Adam has tried insurance cases to verdict and has argued groundbreaking insurance issues before multiple state supreme courts. His experience includes representing leading insurance companies as national coordinating counsel, litigating high-stakes coverage disputes, and defending complex class actions and multidistrict litigation.

Because of his out-of-the-box thinking, Adam is often called upon to litigate unusual cases, such as those involving the counterfeiting of insurance policies, RICO and similar actions against insurance companies, disputes involving Cayman entities, and alter ego claims in the insurance holding company structure.

In addition to his insurance practice, Adam is an accomplished sports lawyer. He has represented sports unions, sports agencies, and individual agents and athletes in arbitration and litigation involving the poaching of agents and players, restrictive covenant disputes, and disciplinary actions. His experience spans professional baseball, football, basketball, tennis, and golf, and includes securing the first and only punitive damages award against a sports agency in an MLBPA arbitration. 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