Katharine is a senior associate in Goodwin’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. Her practice focuses on antitrust, complex commercial litigation, and appellate litigation, with particular experience representing life sciences, healthcare, and retail and manufacturing clients in complex business disputes and litigation.
As an experienced litigator, Katharine has represented both plaintiffs and defendants before state and federal courts and government agencies. Katharine has advised clients in all aspects of pre-litigation and litigation, including pre-litigation risk assessment, analysis, and investigations, complex discovery, dispositive motion practice, experts, trial, and appeal. She has also represented companies and individuals in regulatory and government investigations.
In addition, Katharine maintains an active pro bono practice representing survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and is a long-standing volunteer at the Massachusetts Civil Appeals Clinic.
Representative Matters
- Represented a manufacturer of cleaning devices for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines in a Lanham Act false advertising suit brought in the Southern District of New York by a multinational competitor
- Represented a national restaurant chain in an interlocutory appeal before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a putative class action arising from alleged violations of California’s mislabeling law
- Briefed and argued an appeal before the Massachusetts Appeals Court on behalf of one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies and securing a complete dismissal of a product liability case and appellate attorney’s fees by successfully arguing to uphold the state high court’s initial dismissal and the lower court’s denial of the motion for relief from judgment
- Secured a complete motion to dismiss in a securities class action case on behalf of a large multinational operator of membership warehouse clubs and its former executives. The case, brought in the South District of California, centered on allegations that the company mislead the public about its performance, among other missteps
- Briefed and argued an appeal before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on behalf of a survivor of sexual assault in a case of first impression concerning the application of privilege protections to a victim’s post-assault therapy records in a criminal prosecution
- Represented a survivor in the appeal of a denial of the extension of a restraining order issued pursuant to M.G.L. c. 209A
- Authored an amicus brief concerning the interpretation of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as applied to public housing agencies
Professional Experience
Credentials
Education
JD
Boston College
BA
Amherst College
Admissions
Bars
- Massachusetts
Courts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Recognition & Awards
- Victim Rights Law Center, Shining Star Award (2022)
- Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch”: Commercial Litigation (2021-2025)
- Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch”: Trusts and Estates (2023-2025)
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Star – Business Litigation (2022-2024)