Kristie A. Tappan’s primary practice areas include insurance defense, insurance bad faith, coverage issues, and general civil litigation. She has successfully tried cases at arbitration, at a jury trial and she has argued before the Nevada Supreme Court.
Kristie A. Tappan’s primary practice areas include insurance defense, insurance bad faith, coverage issues, and general civil litigation. She has successfully tried cases at arbitration, at a jury trial and she has argued before the Nevada Supreme Court.
Affiliations, Activities and Accomplishments
Ms. Tappan is admitted to practice in both California and Nevada. She has served as a law clerk for Hon. Procter R Hug, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Hon. Patrick Flanagan and the Hon. Janet Berry of the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County, Nevada.
Ms. Tappan is a member of the Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada, and the Junior League of San Francisco. She has been a member of the Northern Nevada Women Lawyers’ Association and the Bruce R. Thompson, American Inns of Court.
She was a 2003 summer intern for Senator Harry Reid in Washington, D.C.
Publications
- Note, “Medical-Malpractice Reform: Is Enterprise Liability or No-Fault a Better Reform?, 46 B.C. L. REV. 1095 (2005); Contributor to the Association of Defense Counsel Defense Comment 2010 & 2011 for Summaries of Selected Nevada Supreme Court Cases.