Honors
2014 Law Bulletin Publishing Company Top “40 Under Forty” Illinois Attorney
2009-2017 Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star
2019-2020 Illinois Super Lawyer
2014-2017, 2019-2020 The Leading Lawyers Network Member
Experience
Katherine joined Levin Ginsburg as a Partner in May 2017. Katherine has over 18 years of experience in litigating complex business disputes at every stage in both state and federal courts. She has also briefed over 50 appeals in Illinois appellate courts, briefed and argued numerous dispositive motions, performed and supervised legal research, handled and supervised discovery and discovery-related motion practice, prepared numerous complaints and other pleadings, and participated in several trials and mediations. In addition to her litigation practice, Katherine often counsels clients on early resolutions and settlement strategy. Katherine represents both companies and individuals in a broad range of complex business litigation and appellate matters, including breach of contract disputes, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims, partnership, shareholder and membership disputes, insurance coverage matters, professional malpractice claims, real estate disputes, employment-related claims, antitrust claims, and veil-piercing and successor liability claims.
Education
J.D., University of Illinois, 2002
A.B., with distinction, University of Michigan, 1999
Courts and Bar Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois – 2002
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (MDL pro hac vice – 2013)
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (pro hac vice – 2018)
Memberships/Activities
Appellate Lawyers Association
The Brief – Committee Member
Cases Pending – Committee Member
Chicago Bar Association
Business Divorce and Complex Ownership Dispute Committee Member
Commercial Litigation Committee Member