Kate defends construction companies, manufacturers, and warehouse operators and owners in Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Kate has a dynamic subrogation practice and has extensive experience in chemical engineering issues, catastrophic loss adjustment, cause and origin analysis, insurance coverage, and bad faith litigation.
Kate is also a seasoned employment and labor lawyer, having advised and represented large employers against a variety of discrimination, retaliatory discharge, defamation, wrongful termination, and class action claims.
Kate has represented international carriers for September 11, 2001 World Trade Center property damage reinsurance claims. She has also represented London insurers in claims for mass tort product failure involving losses exceeding USD 50 million.
Education
- Lawrence University, B.A., cum laude, 1994
- Washington and Lee University, J.D., 1998
Bar Admissions
- West Virginia, 1998
- Illinois, 2002
- New York, 2006
- Wisconsin, 2009
Court Admissions
- U. S. Court of Appeals,
Third and Fourth Circuits - U. S. District Court,
Northern District of Illinois and Southern District of West Virginia