Katherine L. Porter

Katherine L. Porter

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2026
Awarded Practice Areas
Employment Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment
Awarded Practice Areas
Employment Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment
Works at
Pierce Atwood LLP

63 Best Lawyers awards

Pierce Atwood LLP logo

Biography

Katie Porter represents private and public employers and helps emerging companies establish and maintain all aspects of their employment policies and practices. She regularly provides advice and counsel to multistate clients on emerging and complex employment issues. Katie conducts workplace investigations and assists the firm’s corporate group on employment aspects of corporate transactions. She also advises independent schools on legal issues impacting students and assists with school investigations.

Katie routinely advises clients on federal, state, and local employment laws, including discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, accommodations, leaves, wage and hour, equity compensation structures, whistleblower, and misclassification issues.

Works at
Pierce Atwood LLP

63 Best Lawyers awards

Pierce Atwood LLP logo

Locations

Education

  • Hofstra University, J.D., cum laude, graduated 2012
  • Tufts University, B.A., graduated 2007

Bar Admissions

  • United States, Maine
  • United States, New York

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maine
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States Supreme Court

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America from 2023-2025 for work in:
  • Corporate Law - 2025
  • Labor and Employment Law - Management - 2025
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment - 2025
  • Corporate Law - 2024
  • Labor and Employment Law - Management - 2024
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment - 2024
  • Corporate Law - 2023
  • Labor and Employment Law - Management - 2023
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment - 2023
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Corporate Law
  • Labor and Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

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