Kimberly H. Scheidt Associate

Kimberly Hendrix Scheidt counsels general liability, professional liability and life, health and disability insurers on a variety of coverage issues, including claims resolution and bad faith.  She also represents insurers in all aspects of litigation, including declaratory judgments, interpleader suits, class actions and other complex cases.  Some of the coverage issues that she handles include construction defects, advertising injury and errors and omissions for a wide range of professionals. 

Kim has a wide range of experience in complex insurance coverage and commercial litigation matters.  She has served as litigation counsel for public and private companies, government agencies and not-for-profit organizations in a broad range of business and commercial disputes, including matters involving defamation, breach of contract, regulatory compliance issues and the defense of professional liability and products liability claims. 

Kim has spoken about insurance coverage matters at industry meetings and client training sessions, and has served as a continuing legal education instructor on insurance issues.

Prior to joining White and Williams, Kim served as Corporate Counsel to an $86M national accounting firm, where she had primary responsibility for contractual matters for the firm’s 27 offices and 500 employees, as well as for providing legal support for various company functions and for the company’s litigation matters, its insurance and risk management plan and its program for compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.  Kim worked directly with the General Counsel, CFO, COO and other senior executives on legal projects of special concern and trained staff and new managers on diverse legal issues.

Kim began her legal career as an attorney with a major Philadelphia firm, where she was a member of its Insurance and Professional Liability practice groups and was selected by firm management to play a key role in the recruitment, hiring, assignment and evaluation of new lawyers. 

During law school, Kim clerked for the Hon. Robert J. Shenkin, Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, PA.

Representative Matters

• Secured judgments for professionals/companies in professional negligence and third party liability claims and negotiated favorable settlements of malpractice actions
• Counseled global computer manufacturer and financing agency on more than two dozen Pennsylvania customer disputes involving warranty/repair issues, financing arrangements, and unfair trade practices claims, including successful settlement or trial of disputes
• Defended leading national health and casualty insurers through judgment/settlement in numerous coverage and liability matters, including coordination of efforts by local counsel

Recognition & Involvement

In addition to her law practice, Kim volunteers her time with the Duke Alumni Club of Philadelphia.  During her four years as the club’s President and 12 years on the Board, she was instrumental in recruiting new Board members and rejuvenated membership participation by implementing creative programming and collaborating with other university alumni groups.  Additionally, Kim is a member of the West Chester community concert band and performs in the flute/piccolo section.