Ken Ryan Email & Phone Number

As a partner with the law firm of Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, DC, I represent insurers in coverage matters involving general liability, directors’ & officers’ liability, professional liability, employment practices liability, advertising injury liability, first-party property, and bankruptcy-related insurance claims. I have litigated, arbitrated, and mediated numerous insurance coverage and other commercial litigation cases and advised clients on legislative, regulatory, commercial, and technological developments impacting the insurance industry.

Listed skills include Commercial Litigation, Litigation, Product Liability, Civil Litigation, and 21 others.

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  Partner

  Wiley Rein Llp

  Feb 2005 - Present - Washington, Dc

  • Assist insurance clients in developing practices, procedures, and policy language to avoid coverage disputes, bad faith claims, and evolving risks.• Advise and defend insurance clients with a specific focus on energy industry claims such as electric transmission grid and energy market errors, wind turbine and other "green" energy liabilities, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and saltwater disposal exposures, catastrophic pipeline explosions and dam failures, salt dome leaks and collapses, and carbon combustion residual issues.• Routinely advise clients on developing insurance coverage disputes such as e-commerce, cyber-attack, and other technology-related claims.• Represent insurers regarding professional and general liability claims arising out of construction defects and design errors and omissions.• Counsel and defend insurance claims involving individual and class-action employment claims.• Represent insurers in bankruptcy proceedings and related coverage issues.• Advise clients on legislation and regulatory changes, such as EPA regulations pertaining to coal combustion residuals and greenhouse gas emissions, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), the State Modernization and Regulatory Transparency (SMART) Act legislation, and Optional Federal Charter initiatives.