Atty. Kristen E. Hudson
Kristen Hudson represents businesses and business people in complex commercial litigation and product liability cases in state and federal courts in Texas, Illinois and across the country. Most recently, in early 2022, Kristen was part of a trial team that received a defense verdict in a four-week jury trial in Illinois involving significant eight-figure liability for alleged benzene exposure in the printing industry.
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Kristen E. Hudson is a insurance attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, practicing at Dickinson Wright PLLC. Educated at University of Illinois Chicago (J.D., 2003). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Insurance (2026). Serands clients in Chicago, IL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Kristen Hudson represents businesses and business people in complex commercial litigation and product liability cases in state and federal courts in Texas, Illinois and across the country
- Most recently, in early 2022, Kristen was part of a trial team that received a defense verdict in a four-week jury trial in Illinois involving significant eight-figure liability for alleged benzene exposure in the printing industry
- In 2021, Kristen successfully defeated three separate attempts at a temporary restraining order in state court in Dallas County on behalf of her clients, insurance industry professionals, who were engaged in lawful competition
- Kristen has won similar high-stakes challenges in a variety of substantive areas, from breach of contract, business and statutory torts, including fraud and the False Claims Act claims, to intellectual property disputes involving the protection of trade secrets and privacy, including successful defense of entities under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act
- As part of her work with privacy law, Kristen is the newsletter editor for the American Bar Association’s Privacy and Data Security Committee
- Kristen has significant experience with Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code and the U.N
- Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG), and has served as an expert witness in litigation in Canada involving product liability and the CISG
- Kristen also has concentrated experience in lawyer professional liability and fiduciary liability, including high-net worth trust disputes and officer and director liability
- As for toxic exposure and mass torts, Kristen has experience defending corporations against allegations of asbestos, benzene and other chemical and airborne exposures
- In addition to her litigation experience, Kristen is a trusted advisor and counselor
- Kristen has served as General Counsel for a mid-size law firm with offices in multiple states, and has been seconded to clients for extended periods including at a large energy company and with a UK-based insurance company
- With this experience to guide her, Kristen works to avoid court wherever possible, and pursues solutions that make the most business and financial sense for her clients, including advocating aggressively when litigation is required
- Kristen is well versed in all forms of alternative dispute resolution, and is a commercial and consumer arbitrator listed on the American Arbitration Association’s National Roster of Arbitrators, and a member of the ADR Section Council for the Illinois Bar Association, and Chair of its Arbitration Subcommittee
- Kristen is knowledgeable about all types of first and third-party commercial liability policies, including property policies, directors’ and officers’ liability, professional liability, employment practices liability, commercial general liability, products liability, cyber liability, among others
- Kristen has experience on all sides of an insurance coverage dispute and business disputes involving the insurance industry
- As a policyholder lawyer, Kristen recovered tens of millions of dollars in insurance proceeds for her policyholder clients
- Most recently, Kristen served as coverage and monitoring counsel on behalf of insurers
- Prior to attending law school, Kristen was a French teacher in the North Carolina public schools.Education & Credentials
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Insurance attorneys for coverage disputes, bad faith claims, denied claims, and policy disputes.
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Practicing law in Illinois. Legal matters in Illinois are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Chicago are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Illinois state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Illinois brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Illinois courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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