Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna

Recognized as one of the nation’s top insurance coverage lawyers, Kenneth Frenchman has significant experience in insurance coverage litigation and counseling clients on insurance-related issues. He has secured settlements with prominent property and casualty insurers worldwide, recovering more than $4 billion for his clients. Representing policyholders of all sizes, Ken advocates for clients in litigation and arbitrations for damages and declaratory relief because of insurance companies’ breach of contract, bad faith, attempted rescission of policies, and other actions. His practice spans matters involving professional liability, representations and warranties, asbestos, toxic torts, environmental property damage, directors/officers, errors and omissions, sexual abuse, business interruption, intellectual property, crime, and employment.

Ken recently secured a landmark victory for Genworth, a financial, retirement, and life insurance company, in a coverage dispute over class action suits arising out of the sale of its long-term care insurance policies. After securing settlements with multiple insurers in the tower, Ken won at the Delaware Superior Court and secured an affirmance from the Delaware Supreme Court, entitling Genworth to recover more than $100 million in total coverage from its professional liability carriers.

Before founding Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna, Ken practiced at McKool Smith, Kasowitz, and Dickstein Shapiro.

Ken is admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Seventh, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the District of Colorado and the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Ken received his B.S. from University of Colorado in 1993 and his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1999.