• Katharine Keane works on litigation matters.

    Katharine returns to Kramer Levin after participating in the firm’s summer associate program, where she worked across multiple practice areas, including Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Land Use and Advertising Litigation, as well as assisted with a pro bono asylum appeal. While in law school, Katharine interned at the Women’s Prison Association in New York City, working on family law and housing issues for formerly incarcerated clients. She continued her public interest work as a member of Fordham’s Criminal Defense Clinic, representing misdemeanor clients in Manhattan Criminal Court and collaborating with attorneys in Legal Aid’s Brooklyn office. Katharine also interned at the Fashion Law Institute, researching intellectual property and First Amendment issues. Prior to law school, she spent nearly four years as an editor for Architect Magazine.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2023
      • National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Student Award
      • Archibald Murray Public Service Award
      • Joseph Halliday ’63 Summer Fellowship
      • Captain, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Moot Court Board
      • Intellectual Property Editor, Moot Court Board
      • William Hughes Mulligan 1L Competition Quarterfinalist and Winner of Best Brief
      • Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal
      • President of Fordham Law Women
    • B.A., cum laude, French Literature, with minors in Economics and Journalism, Georgetown University, 2016

    Bar Admissions

    • New York, 2024

    Languages

    • French
    • Italian

    Focus Areas