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Katie Wellington
Partner Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
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Overview
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Katie is the General Manager of Litigation for the Boston Office and a partner in our Appellate & Supreme Court Litigation practice. Katie focuses on high-stakes appellate and complex business litigation in highly regulated industries, including life sciences, insurance, technology, and automotive. She has extensive experience in class actions, arbitration, antitrust, intellectual property, and trade disputes, and she provides counseling on insurance matters.
Katie appears frequently before the U.S. Supreme Court, including working on twelve Supreme Court merits cases and numerous certiorari-stage briefs. She argued the supplemental jurisdiction case Royal Canin v. Wullschleger before the U.S. Supreme Court, and her Supreme Court victories include the seminal election law case Moore v. Harper.
Katie has deep experience litigating in the lower state and federal courts. She has briefed and argued numerous appeals in the circuit courts, and she has worked on Rule 1292(b), Rule 23(f), and en banc petitions. Her experience in state court includes cases before California, New York, Washington, and Hawaii courts. Katie also advises on dispositive motions, including motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, and motions opposing class certification.
Katie provides counseling in a number of areas, including insurance law, trade law, and constitutional law. She is well-versed on the issues currently facing the insurance industry, and she is a valued contributor to Hogan Lovells's renowned trade-law practice. Katie is frequently called upon for her expertise on constitutional law questions.
Before joining Hogan Lovells, Katie clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., on the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (prior to his elevation to the U.S. Supreme Court). Katie received the Sears Prize at Harvard Law School, which is awarded to the top two students in the 1L class.
Representative experience
Represented Fortune 20 technology company in class certification appeal to the Ninth Circuit, leading district court to admit error and reverse grant of class certification.
Overturned $1 billion trial verdict, with interest, in Hawaii Supreme Court on behalf of global pharmaceutical company.
Represented insurance company in California state court appeal, preserving favorable trial court judgment and preventing $4 billion in potential tax liability.
Won decisive victory Supreme Court case Moore v. Harper, described by Judge Luttig as "the most important case for American democracy in the almost two and a half centuries since America’s founding."
Represented global pharmaceutical company in opposition to class certification and motion to decertify class, leading to favorable settlement.
Successfully challenged insurance regulation in multiple proceedings in Washington state court, leading to important victory for insurance industry.
Represented automotive company in successful intellectual property appeal to the Federal Circuit.
Provide advice on constitutionality of international trade actions and agreements.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, 2013
- B.A., Yale University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2008
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Massachusetts
- District of Columbia
- New York
Court admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Recognition
Events
Hogan Lovells Events
23 October 2024 | Panel: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (ET) | Reception: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (ET)