Kristopher is a Partner concentrating in the fields of legal malpractice, miscellaneous professional liability, and insurance coverage litigation.  Kristopher has successfully defended professionals in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels.  In addition to defending clients in legal malpractice and other professional liability claims, his practice also includes drafting insurance policies and representing insurers in insurance coverage matters.  Kristopher has represented the London Insurance Market in connection with several high profile and high exposure matters, including the New England Teamsters’ Pension Fund litigation, IPO Laddering litigation and the Lernout & Hauspie-related litigation.

Kristopher is a contributing author to the course-book for the Bi-Annual New York State Bar Association’s Legal Malpractice Litigation and Risk Management Seminar (2003, 2005 and 2007), and has been a featured speaker at the New York City Bar “Bridge-the-Gap” Program on the topics, “Identifying and Responding to Professional Liability Claims” and “Loss Prevention for Lawyers and Law Firms.”

Kristopher has been involved in several reported professional liability cases and has provided presentations to insurance industry clients on various professional liability topics including the “Sub-prime Mortgage Crisis,” “General Counsel Liability-LPL Claims Against Employed Lawyers,” and “Bankruptcy and Lawyer Liability.”