With over 17 years of legal marketing and communications experience, Kate oversees all client development efforts across the firm, leading a team of 20 professionals who are situated within the firm’s practice and industry areas. She is responsible for business development training efforts firm-wide, driving practice and industry strategic planning, supporting brand building and visibility efforts in the firm’s priority areas, and collaborating with legal recruiting leadership on the development and implementation of an industry leading lateral partner integration program. Kate also works closely with firm management on the planning and execution of the firm’s annual partner retreat. She previously served as the Business Development Manager for the firm’s Health Law, Real Estate, and government affairs practices, and spent five years in the firm’s public relations department.