Kristine Modica
Attorney
Kristine Modica brings a decade of litigation experience to DWT, where she handles arbitrations for the firm's institutional clients. She has supported and advised companies on product development and liability as well as environmental, insurance, pharmaceutical, OSHA, and other issues. Kristine has handled all stages of litigation in federal and state courts, including witness preparation, trial strategy, expert consultation, and discovery, and she has extensive drafting experience involving demand letters, complaints, pleadings, and motions. She has managed complex and commercial litigation for major national and international corporations in a broad range of areas, including highly specialized scientific fields. Before becoming an attorney, Kristine interned in the U.S. Department of Justice's Torts Branch.
Internal investigation, PFAS contamination*
Conducted extensive internal investigation regarding PFAS groundwater contamination and hazardous waste disposal on behalf of a manufacturer in indemnification action.
Product liability for a multinational agricultural chemicals company*
Represented multinational agricultural chemicals company in product liability, pesticide drift congenital disability, and environmental actions before state and federal courts throughout the United States, including mass tort and multi-district litigation.
Insurer defense*
Represented insurer in bad-faith and extra-contractual liability cases in defense of asbestos and catastrophic personal injury actions.
Admitted to Practice
- District of Columbia
- New York
Education
- J.D., American University Washington College of Law, 2016
- Pro Bono Honors Pledge Recipient, 2016
- Student Attorney, Women and the Law Clinic
- Constitutional Law Teaching Fellow, Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project
- Speaker, ABA Civics Seminar
- B.A., Psychology and Sociology, Ohio University, 2012, cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Mortar Board Honor Society
- Judicial Board Member, Rho Gamma, Women's Panhellenic Association
Background
- Claims Attorney, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Washington, D.C., 2023-2024
- Associate, Keller and Heckman LLP, Washington, D.C., 2022
- Associate, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Washington, D.C., 2021
- Staff Attorney, Hollingsworth LLP, Washington, D.C., 2018-2021
- Senior Litigation Law Clerk, McCabe, Weisberg & Conway LLC, Laurel, Md., 2016-2018
- Legal Intern, Torts Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2016
- Law Clerk, Montgomery County Office of the Public Defender, Rockville, Md., 2015
- Legal Extern, Alliance for Justice, Washington, D.C., 2015
- Law Clerk, Pishevar & Associates PC, Rockville, Md., 2014