Kim Melvin is a member of Tyka’s Management Committee and one of the nation’s most sought-after advocates for insurers in high-stakes coverage disputes involving professional liability policies.

Given the highest ranking among insurance lawyers by Chambers USA (Band One), Kim represents liability insurers in connection with major corporate scandals, financial disruptions, and bankruptcies, where complex coverage questions often turn on the intersections of insurance, corporate, and bankruptcy law. She advises carriers across a wide range of policy lines, including those covering directors and officers, public and private companies, financial institutions, mutual funds, investment advisors, ERISA plans, insurance companies, brokers, and lawyers.

“Kim Melvin delivers exceptional work on complex coverage matters. Her expertise, strategic thinking, and attention to detail consistently deliver outstanding results.”
Client, Chambers USA

Recognized in Chambers USA as an “exceptional lawyer” who is “very good in front of a court,” Kim brings “strong analytical skills and a deep knowledge of insurance-related law” to her matters. Clients call her “one of the top coverage attorneys in the business” and “the entire package.” The Legal 500 US regularly recognizes her as a recommended lawyer in insurance law, noting clients find her “intelligent, responsive, and excellent with adversaries and mediators.”

Kim appears in federal and state courts nationwide, including appellate and bankruptcy courts, and in arbitration proceedings. She frequently represents insurers in connection with claims involving securities, derivative, ERISA, bankruptcy litigation and government investigations. In such large and complex matters, Kim represents insurers in mediations and in negotiating sophisticated settlements, including resolving competing demands on insurance towers, securities-derivative pass-through settlement structures, and coverage workouts. She also advises clients on underwriting issues for professional liability policies, bringing practical insights into how policy wording decisions impact claims in practice.

Before co-founding Tyka, Kim co-chaired the insurance practice at Wiley Rein alongside Ben Eggert. Under their leadership, the firm was named Law360’s Insurance Group of the Year 10 different times since 2012.