Katherine focuses her law practice on representing medical professionals and their employers in the defense of professional malpractice claims. She defends various health care providers, including hospitals, physicians, nurses, and private practices in professional liability cases. Katherine handles cases in state and federal courts throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. She also represents health care providers before professional licensing boards.
Katherine has been recognized by Virginia Business magazine as a member of the Legal Elite in the Young Lawyer category from 2017 to 2024. She was also the recipient of the 2024 Chappell-Morris Award by the Virginia State Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers for her professionalism, high ethical and moral standards, excellent character, and outstanding trial skills.
Katherine graduated magna cum laude with distinction from Bucknell University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. While in law school, Katherine served as Lead Articles Editor of the Washington and Lee Law Review. Her article, Coverage for Ill-Gotten Gains? Discussing the (Un)Insurability of Restitution and Disgorgement, was published in Volume 72 of that journal. She also interned for The Honorable John A. Gibney, Jr., District Court Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Katherine graduated cum laude from Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Admissions
- Virginia
- District of Columbia
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- United States District Court, Western District of Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Education
- B.A., Bucknell University
- J.D., Washington and Lee University School of Law
Professional Associations
- Virginia State Bar
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys