White-collar Criminal Defense and Regulatory Matters

Kate’s practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense and regulatory matters. She has represented clients in investigations and prosecutions involving charges of fraud, insider trading and other securities violations, money laundering, commercial and public bribery, and tax evasion. She has handled matters pending in state and federal courts in both Florida and New York, and before the SEC, the NASD and the New York Stock Exchange.

Kate also has experience handling complex civil litigation matters involving securities fraud, business torts, breach of contract, estate issues, and disputes with foreign sovereigns over state-sponsored terrorism.

Kate attended Washington University in St. Louis, from which she earned both her undergraduate and law degrees. While in law school, Kate served as Managing Editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly, and as a teaching assistant. She graduated Order of the Coif.

After law school, Kate served as law clerk to the Honorable Thomas Collier Platt of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Kate then joined the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she specialized in securities litigation. After leaving Skadden, Kate joined Stillman & Friedman, a white-collar criminal defense firm in New York City, where she worked on a number of high-profile criminal and regulatory matters.