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A partner in the Litigation Department, Katherine serves as Vice Chair of the firm and Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Artificial Intelligence Group. The Artificial Intelligence Group provides litigation services as well as expert guidance to clients in anticipating regulatory developments, mitigating legal exposure, and implementing industry best practices in the AI space. Katherine, who previously served as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York and as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, regularly handles sensitive high technology investigations, litigation and advisory work in the areas of artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and blockchain. Katherine advises clients on legal issues relating to technology, including artificial intelligence, the digital environment, high-speed trading and content distribution, big data, and intellectual property. Katherine has led sensitive investigations involving the DOJ, FTC and other U.S. and foreign regulators, and complex, high-stakes litigation spanning numerous substantive areas including artificial intelligence, Web3 and digital assets. Katherine was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2011 as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, serving seven years on the bench and presiding over several thousand criminal and civil cases. During her tenure on the bench, Katherine served as a member of the Judicial Patent Task Force for the Southern District of New York and presided over several dozen patent cases.