Katharine B. Bowman, Member
Kathy serves as coverage and claims monitoring counsel for insurance companies providing primary and excess coverage for director and officer liability, as well as fiduciary liability. Having practiced in this area for a number of years, Kathy has authored several articles on insurance-related topics. Prior to becoming a member of Bailey Cavalieri, she was Vice President, Associate counsel for Banc One Corporation, where she served as its National Litigation Manager. Kathy received her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School and her bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University, where she graduated summa cum laude.
Articles/Publications
- Contributing Author, two-volume treatise, Liability of Corporate Officers and Directors (Seventh Edition, LexisNexis Matthew Bender Publishing) 2002
- Co-author, "D&O Liability Exposure of Non-Profit and Privately-Held Organizations," The Risk Report (October 1992)
- Co-author, "D&O Liability: Current Developments," Risk Management Review (Fall 1992)
Noteworthy Matters
- D&O insurance and litigation:
Monitoring claims
Coverage counsel
Insurance underwriting consultation
- Represented companies in connection with D&O claims involving:
Enron
Ford Motor Company
Cisco
Compaq
Lucent
Philip Morris
Prudential
Merrill Lynch
Xerox Corporation
- Served as in-house national litigation manager for Banc One Corporation.
- Served as national coordinating counsel for product liability cases pending against Fortune 150 corporation.
