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KaitlynMcClaine

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Associate

Overview

Biography

Kaitlyn focuses her practice on insurance coverage disputes, torts, and transportation and cargo defense matters. She defends clients in personal injury, premises liability, and trucking and cargo matters. Kaitlyn has experience briefing and arguing motions before state courts.

Bar Associations

  • New York State Bar Association
  • Texas Bar Association

Selected Memberships & Affiliations

  • Barclay Damon's Women's Forum
Experience

Representative Experience

  • Represented an elderly widow who was sued by the Town of Bolton, New York, for zoning code and ordinance violations related to items she had in her yard, with fines and damages totaling over $750,000. Despite the client working diligently to remove the noncompliant items from her yard, the town moved for summary judgment. Kaitlyn secured a stipulation of discontinuance from the town on behalf of the client.
  • Obtained a no-liability judgment for a client in a small claims suit regarding auto coverage.
  • As second chair in a jury trial, obtained a no-liability judgment on behalf of the client.
  • Obtained a partial summary judgment in federal court in a matter involving premises liability.

Prior Experience

  • Canterbury, PC, Associate
  • The Beck Group, Summer Law Clerk
  • US Department of Justice, Law Clerk
  • Texas 14th Court of Appeals, Justice Kevin Jewell, Legal Intern
  • US Department of State, Intern

Selected Honors

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America: Insurance Law, 2026; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, 2026; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2026
  • New York State Bar Association, President's Pro Bono Award for the Fourth Judicial District, 2025
  • Washington and Lee University School of Law, Baronial Order of the Magna Charta Award, 2020
  • Federal Bar Association of the Southern District of Texas, Blask Fellowship, 2019

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