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Katherine Smith

213-229-7107 ksmith@gibsondunn.com View profile

Work Department

Labor and Employment

Position

Katherine Smith is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices with the firm’s Labor and Employment and Litigation Departments. Katherine has extensive experience representing employers in individual, representative and class action litigation at both the trial court and appellate level. Her practice focuses on high stakes litigation matters such as large-scale class actions, actions brought under the California PAGA, whistleblower retaliation cases, and executive disputes. She also advises employers on government investigations, enforcement of non-solicitation and non-competition covenants, reductions in force and reorganizations, independent contractor/employee status, C-suite on-boarding and separations, and other employment-related issues. She has also been involved in multiple independent investigations of high profile #metoo complaints alleging systemic sexual harassment and gender discrimination.

Career

For more information please visit www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/smith-katherine-v-a/.

Memberships

Katherine is admitted to practice in the State of California. She is also a member of the bar in thr Seventh and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, as wella s numerous district courts.

Education

Katherine earned her law degree in 2006 from the University of Virginia, where she was a member of the editorial board for the Virginia Law Review. She graduated cum laude from Duke University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.