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Kimberly A. Kyle
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Kimberly A. Kyle
201 East Fifth Street · PNC Center, Suite 800 · Cincinnati, OH 45202-4190 · 513/381-0656

Ms. Kyle is a partner in the Litigation and Insurance Coverage Practice Groups. She practices in the areas of insurance coverage and bad faith, insurance defense, construction law, appellate practice, professional liability, tort and contract disputes, and workers compensation.

Ms. Kyle has extensive experience in evaluating and litigating insurance coverage issues involving personal injury, property damage and UM/UIM claims by first parties and third parties, as well as insurers’ duties to defend and/or indemnify under homeowners policies, commercial general liability coverages, builders risk policies, inland marine coverages, auto policies and umbrella/excess policies, to name a few. Her coverage opinions and declaratory judgment actions have provided guidance, for insureds and insurers, on a wide variety of issues- from the availability of coverage for specific claims to general issues including self-insured retention, set-off, and allocation issues.

Ms. Kyle is also experienced in defending professional liability claims as well as defending and prosecuting premises liability, auto accident, construction defect, personal injury, products liability and contract dispute lawsuits. Finally, Ms. Kyle has an extensive appellate practice, in multiple Ohio and Kentucky state appellate courts, as well as federal courts.

Ms. Kyle graduated cum laude and with honors in the liberal arts from The Ohio State University. She graduated cum laude from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she was a Student Articles Editor on Law Review. Ms. Kyle authored License, Registration and Your Constitutional Rights, Please: Merritt and Moore, Case Note, University of Cincinnati Law Review 68:2.

 Practice Areas

Professional Memberships:
Cincinnati Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
 

Admitted to Practice:
State of Ohio (2000)
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (2001)
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky (2001)
Commonwealth of Kentucky (2001)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (2002)

 
Education:

J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law (2000), Cum Laude
B.A., The Ohio State University (1997), Cum Laude, with Honors in the Liberal Arts

 

Awards and Honors:
Recognized as one of Ohio’s Rising Star Super Lawyers by Law and Politics in conjunction with Cincinnati Magazine

 
Professional Publications:

License, Registration & Your Constitutional Rights, Please: Merrett v. Moore, Casenote, University of Cincinnati L. Rev. 68:2 (2000)

 
Community Activities:

2003 YWCA Rising Star
Taft Museum of Art, Club 316 Young Professionals Group, Steering Committee Chairman
The Ohio State University Alumni Club

 

Representative Reported Decisions:
Schroder v. City of Ft. Thomas, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 12887 (6th Cir., Sept. 29, 2005)
Thomas v. Union Institute, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 10104 (6th Cir., May 19, 2004)
Tri-Health, Inc. v. Bd. of Comm’rs, 347 F.Supp.2d 548 (S.D. Ohio 2004)
Holmes v. Scarlet Oaks Ret. Comty, 277 F.Supp.2d 829 (S.D. Ohio 2003)
Roberts v. Maichl, 2004 Ohio 4665; 2004 Ohio App. LEXIS 4244 (Ohio Ct. App. 1st Dist., Sept. 3, 2004)
Walker v. University Med. Servs., 2004 Ohio 1321; 2004 Ohio App. LEXIS 1169 (Ohio Ct. App. 2d Dist., March 19, 2004)
Kitchen v. Lake Lorelei Prop. Owners’ Assn., 2002 Ohio 2797; 2002 Ohio App. LEXIS 2886 (Ohio Ct. App. 12th Dist., June 10, 2002)
Cincinnati Ins. Co. v. ACE-INA Holding Co. (2007, Ohio)