Kirsten A. Byrd

Overview Kirsten focuses her practice on insurance receiverships and complex disputes. Kirsten has broad experience in insurance law and commercial litigation and focuses her practice on insurance company receiverships. She represents insurance regulators charged with overseeing the supervision, rehabilitation, and liquidation of insurers. Kirsten represents and has also served as a deputy receiver administering the winding down of troubled companies. Kirsten represents insurance receivers - as well as other business clients - on complex litigation matters. She has successfully prosecuted and defended lawsuits involving professional malpractice claims against accountants, actuaries, and attorneys; contract claims; statutory actions; and actions for injunctive relief. She has experience with a broad array of insurance products and has prosecuted and defended disputes involving business interruption, property, directors and officers liability, cyber, and general liability insurance. In addition, Kirsten advises major national insurance companies on compliance requirements, as well as representing them in their responses to regulatory inquiries and complaints. She also provides guidance on the requirements for corporate transactions involving the purchase, sale, or merger of insurance-regulated entities. Industry Financial Services & Capital Markets Services Commercial Litigation Consumer Fraud Litigation Insurance Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Professional Liability Litigation Recognition The Best Lawyers in America Insurance Law, 2021-2026 Commercial Litigation, 2023-2026 The Legal 500 United States Insurance: Advice to insurers, Recommended lawyer, 2025 KC Business Magazine, Rising Stars, 2013 Missouri Lawyers Weekly, Up & Coming Lawyer, 2013 Education J. D., University of Iowa College of Lawwith honors B. A., University of Iowa Spanishwith honors Admissions Missouri Kansas Iowa U. S. District Court, Central District of Illinois U. S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa U. S. District Court, District of Kansas U. S. District Court, Western District of Missouri U. S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit U. S. Court of Federal Claims Professional Memberships and Certifications International Association for Insurance Receivers Kansas Bar Association The Missouri Bar