Katherine L. Porter

About Katherine

Employment law attorney Katie Porter represents private and public employers and helps emerging companies establish and maintain all aspects of their labor and employment policies and practices. Katie’s experience includes drafting employment-related agreements and policies, counseling clients through employee issues, consulting on internal investigations, providing employment advice for corporate transactions, and defending clients in federal and state courts and before federal and state administrative agencies. Katie routinely advises clients on federal, state, and local employment laws, including discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, accommodations, leaves, wage and hour, equity compensation structures, COVID-19 compliance, whistleblower, and misclassification issues.

Practice Areas

Employment Law Insights

How Courts Decide If a Wage-and-Hour Settlement Is Fair

When you settle a wage-and-hour claim in federal court, a judge decides whether it's fair before it's final — based on four factors. Here's exactly what the court weighs.

Education

• Hofstra University, J.D., cum laude, graduated 2012
• Tufts University, B.A., graduated 2007

Bar Admissions

• United States, Maine
• United States, New York

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