Kathleen M. Dillon

Kathleen Dillon concentrates her practice on construction litigation, employment litigation, professional liability, insurance coverage and premises liability matters. With nearly 30 years of litigation experience, she represents businesses, insurers, professionals and individuals in complex, high-exposure disputes. Kathleen has extensive trial experience and handles matters through all phases of litigation, including risk assessment, motion practice, alternative dispute resolution, trial and appeal. Her experience includes catastrophic injury litigation, Labor Law claims, coverage disputes, contract matters and professional liability claims.

In addition, Kathleen has significant experience representing victims of sexual assault and harassment, attorneys in disciplinary matters and businesses in labor and employment disputes. She has also represented concert venues and entertainment companies and has extensive experience conducting training programs and educational seminars for insurance carriers, construction companies, healthcare providers and legal professionals on topics including trial advocacy, insurance coverage, indemnification, ethics and risk management.

Prior to joining Segal McCambridge, Kathleen practiced with New York-based litigation firms, most recently handling the defense of complex catastrophic injury cases with a focus on New York Labor Law §§ 200, 240(1) and 241(6) claims. Earlier in her career, she founded and managed a general practice law firm, served as in-house counsel for a national insurance carrier and defended high-exposure construction, product liability, medical malpractice, toxic tort, nursing home and premises liability matters. Kathleen began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, where she prosecuted major felony cases from inception through trial.

Kathleen is an instructor with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, where she has taught trial advocacy since 1999. She has also taught trial advocacy as a Special Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law and regularly lectures on litigation, insurance coverage, contracts, ethics, elder law and trial techniques.

Kathleen earned her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law, where she received top honors for trial advocacy, and holds a B.A. in political science with a minor in English from Fairfield University.

Kathleen was born and raised on Long Island.  Currently, she lives in Setauket, New York.  She volunteers at her local Inter-Faith Community Kitchen & Food Pantry, as well as, helps raise money for the American Cancer Society and the Special Olympics by participating in local events.