Jenner & Block

Linda D. Kornfeld is a litigator who represents corporate and individual policyholders in high-stakes insurance coverage litigation.  She has helped clients ranging from telecommunications companies and real estate developers to manufacturers and nonprofit organizations obtain substantial recoveries in a variety of insurance matters.  She also provides strategic counseling to senior executives and in-house counsel on how to mitigate risk and maximize their insurance recoveries.

Ms. Kornfeld has been repeatedly cited as one of the top women lawyers in California by legal publications and directories, including Chambers USA. In 2011, she was listed as one of Lawdragon’s top 500 “leading lawyers” in America, and named by Benchmark Litigation as a “Litigation Star,” both nationally and in California.  Ms. Kornfeld is a frequently requested speaker, media resource, and author on complex litigation and insurance recovery issues.  She is an Advisory Board Member for the Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin andrecently co-authored the treatise A Policyholder’s Primer on Insurance, published by the Association of Corporate Counsel.  She is a member of the Firm’s Insurance Litigation and Counseling Practice.

Ms. Kornfeld is involved in women’s leadership issues and actively promotes the advancement of women into leadership positions in the legal and other professions.  A frequent speaker and writer on women’s issues, she serves as a West Coast leader of the Women’s Leadership & Mentoring Alliance.