"U.S. Trial Firm of the Year" – 3 Consecutive Years (Benchmark; Law360)
Portrait of Katie Ross

Katharine J.
Ross

Associate

Associate

Education

Admissions

  • New York
  • California

Katharine J. Ross focuses her practice on commercial litigation. She has experience representing clients in a broad range of matters, including corporate restructurings, class actions, and insider trading.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Ross was an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where she represented clients in a variety of civil litigation and corporate restructuring matters.

While in law school, Ms. Ross served as co-president of the American Constitution Society and as articles editor for the Legal Forum. She also participated in the Exoneration Project Clinic.

Experience

Represented a global technology and services provider in class action lawsuits and Sixth Circuit appeals related to diesel-engine emissions technology.

Represented a telecommunications company as a third-party witness in an insider trading investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Represented law professors as amici curiae in Sixth Circuit appeal involving Title IX claims by former student-athletes against the Ohio State University.

Represented a prominent financial institution and affiliates in a bankruptcy adversary proceeding arising out of the Bernie Madoff fraud.

Recognitions

  • Most Promising Newcomer, The Recorder (finalist) (2025)

Insights

    Co-author, “SPAC Bankruptcies,” Turnarounds & Workouts (June 2023)