Kyle P. Brinkman

Biography

Kyle Brinkman is a partner in Blank Rome’s policyholder-only insurance recovery practice.

Kyle focuses his practice on representing corporate policyholders or their directors and officers in complex insurance coverage matters, from preemptive analysis of coverage for potential risks to advocacy, dispute resolution, litigation, and appeals.

Kyle’s clients have included regulated utilities; hospitality and entertainment industry companies; logistics companies; private equity firms; chemical, pharmaceutical, and other manufacturers; and individual directors and officers. Matters handled for these clients include disputes as to:

  • Defense and indemnity coverage relating to asbestos, mass tort, and environmental liabilities
  • Defense and indemnity coverage relating to personal and advertising injury liabilities
  • Defense and indemnity coverage relating to government investigation, shareholder derivative, and fiduciary duty liabilities
  • Insurance coverage implications of corporate bankruptcies
  • First party coverage for accidental, theft, and business interruption losses

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Recognitions

  • 2022–2024, Insurance Law in Washington, D.C., listed in Best Lawyers in America©
  • 2020–2024, “40 & Under List,” listed in Benchmark Litigation
  • 2021, “Rising Star” in Insurance, listed in Law360
  • 2016–2020, Washington, D.C., “Rising Star” in Insurance Coverage, listed in Super Lawyers
  • 2019–2023, listed in The Legal 500 United States
  • 2021–2023, "Next Generation Partner," listed in The Legal 500’s Guide to Up-and-Coming Lawyers Nationwide
  • 2020, "Next Generation Lawyer," listed in The Legal 500’s Guide to Up-and-Coming Lawyers Nationwide
  • 2019, “Rising Star,” listed in The Legal 500 United States
  • 2015, 2018–2019, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll

Affiliations

Professional Activities

Kyle volunteers with the Duke Ellington High School for the Arts’ Street Law class and citywide mock trial team through a partnership with Georgetown University and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.

While in law school, he was on the Virginia Law Review.

Credentials

Admissions

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court - Western District of Virginia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • Virginia

Education

  • Georgetown University, AB
  • University of Virginia School of Law, JD