Kathryn E. Bettini

Although she works for the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, Katie resides in Phoenix, Arizona, and has several years of experience litigating in Arizona state and federal courts.

Antitrust Litigation

Katie has extensive experience in litigating and resolving antitrust litigation in the areas of price-fixing, wage-fixing, bid-rigging, monopoly and illegal asset acquisitions. From early wins through motions to dismiss, to developing antitrust counterclaims in intellectual property disputes, Katie thinks strategically to best position the client for early and lower cost resolutions.

Class Actions

Katie defends putative class actions in state and federal courts throughout the country. Katie’s experience includes antitrust class actions and other high-profile litigation, including multidistrict litigation (MDL) stemming from concussions in sports and alleged safety actions related to a national car seat manufacturer. After achieving victories at the trial and district court level, Katie has successfully defended those victories on appeal. See, e.g., Vitello v. Natrol, LLC, 50 F.4th 689 (8th Cir. 2022); Benko v. Quality Loan Serv. Corp., 454 P.3d 1263 (Nev. 2019).

Commercial Disputes & Complex Litigation

Katie has experience in all aspects of civil litigation and arbitration, ranging from thoughtful and pragmatic pre-litigation defense strategy to motion practice, discovery, settlement, trial and successful results on appeal. Katie specializes in complex, multiparty disputes, and disputes emanating from mergers and acquisitions.

Prior Experience

Prior to joining the firm, Katie spent several years at a large law firm in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to that, Katie externed for the Hon. Mary H. Murguia in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In law school, she served as executive managing editor for the Arizona State Law Journal and as a board member for the Executive Moot Court Board. She also volunteered as mentor for the National Hispanic Bar Association Mentoring Program.

Personal Interests

In her free time, Katie serves as a personal assistant, chef and consultant to her two small children and golden retriever, Francis. Katie also enjoys international travel, gastronomy and live music; hiking in the Arizona outdoors; and perfecting new recipes.