Kate Harris is an associate at Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, resident in the Washington, DC office.
Kate recently completed a clerkship with the Hon. David F. Hamilton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She also has previous experience as Special Projects and Research Assistant in the office of Jim Collins.
Kate received her J.D., with High Honors, from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was the Executive Articles Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. She received multiple honors, including the Edward W. Hinton Memorial Cup for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy, awarded to the winners of the Hinton Moot Court Competition, the Best Oralist Award, the Thomas R. Mulroy Prize, and the Ann Watson Barber Outstanding Service Award. She was also inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as a Student Attorney in the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic. Kate received her B.S., with High Distinction, from the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business, where she graduated first in her class.