Katherine focuses her practice on general liability matters, primarily in the area of premises liability. She has experience handling first- and third-party insurance defense claims, insurance coverage matters and breach of contract issues. Katherine also represents clients against commercial disputes, trucking and transportation matters, and personal injury and wrongful death cases. She has additional experience litigating supervisory negligence claims and matters involving alleged negligent hiring and/or retention.
Throughout her career, Katherine has handled matters in family court, including adoption and a range of dependency issues. She serves as a Guardian Ad Litem volunteer in Hillsborough County, Florida, where she represents foster children within the district. Katherine is passionate about helping children in foster care and advocating for their needs in lengthy and difficult dependency matters. In addition, she has presented at, and participated in, media appearances on behalf of the Heart Gallery of Tampa, a local charity that advocates for foster teens in need of adoptive homes.
Practices
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of our property management company client wherein Plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell while ascending our client’s external stairway, sustaining a complex ankle fracture; our attorneys contended that there were inconsistencies and flaws in the testimony presented before the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court and evidence offered by Plaintiff, and the court ruled in favor of our client.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a security company in a claim involving a trip and fall at a local sports arena. She contended that there was no reliable evidence to suggest that the client was involved in the claim, and the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court ruled in favor of the client.
Education
- Barry University’s Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, JD, 2017, summa cum laude
- University of South Florida, BA, 2005
Admissions
- Florida
- District of Columbia
- United States District Courts: Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Florida, Southern District of Florida
- United States Court of Appeals: Eleventh Circuit
Languages
- English
Presentations/Publications
- Author, Death Without Dignity: The Misnomer of Euthanasia in the State Animal Shelter System, and a Call for a No-Kill Florida, St. J. of Land Use & Envtl L. (Fall 2016)
Honors & Awards
- Barry University’s Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
- Book Award recipient in the following classes:
- Commercial Law (2017)
- Bar Essay (2017)
- Animal Law (2016)
- Pop Culture & the Law (2016)
- Advanced Legal Research & Writing (2016)
- Mediation (2016)
- Professional Responsibility (2015)
- Torts I (2014)
- Moot Court Competitions
- John J. Gibbons Moot Court Competition, “Best Oralist” (2016)
- Burt D. Wechsler Moot Court Competition, “Best Brief” (2015)
- Book Award recipient in the following classes: