Kelsey Kingsbery

• Secured a jury verdict against non-contracted laboratories for fraudulent billing scheme based on medically unnecessary drug tests.
• Trial counsel for a large health insurer in trial involving a reimbursement dispute with a provider. A complete defense verdict on all of the provider’s claims.
• Trial counsel in AAA arbitration between a health care services provider and a major insurance company. Secured a complete defense award on the provider’s claims.
• Secured a complete dismissal with prejudice against hospitals seeking additional reimbursement challenging a health plan’s reimbursement rates.
• National counsel for a leading health insurance company in complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters across the country.
• Representing multiple international insurers in numerous coverage litigations in state and federal courts.

Kelsey Kingsbery represents clients in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters in trial and appellate proceedings, with a special focus on health care and insurance. She has substantial experience representing clients in health care disputes involving reimbursement policies, coverage determinations, provider contracting, and ERISA violations. She also regularly defends insurance companies in complex litigation and arbitration throughout the country.

She graduated magna cum laude from Boston University School of Law, where she served as an article editor for the Boston University Law Review. Before law school, Kelsey taught high school Spanish in South Los Angeles through Teach For America.

Kelsey has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America^® in the area of Commercial Litigation. In 2025, Kelsey received the Daily Report’s “On the Rise” award, which honors the Southeast’s most promising lawyers under the age of 40.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• North Carolina

Education

• Boston University (J.D., 2013)
• Loyola Marymount University (M.A., 2010)
• Duke University (B.A., 2008)

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