Katie represents employers in a broad range of labor & employment matters, including both immigration and employment law matters. Specifically, Katie advises clients, and litigates, on matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful terminations, workplace investigations, employee handbooks, employment and restrictive agreements, wage and hour law, and other personnel policies and concerns. Katie also represents employers in employment-based immigration matters, including obtaining H-1B, TN, L, Blanket L, O-1, and E non-immigrant visas, obtaining green cards, advising and training on I-9 compliance, and conducting I-9 audits. Katie has unique experience involving both her employment and immigration specialties, such as representing employers in I-9 audits and discrimination charges and back wages claims in the visa context. In addition, Katie has experience working with a range of clients from individuals and startups to global companies.
University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 2017, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif
University of Louisville, B.A., Psychology and Anthropology, 2014, cum laude
Legal Intern for Honorable Fred A. Stine, Campbell County Circuit Court, 2nd Division, Kentucky
United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Selected for inclusion in Ohio Rising Starsยฎ, 2021-2024
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Member
Cincinnati Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Emerging Leader Board for the Southern Ohio Office of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 2022-2023
Northern Kentucky Young Professionals (NKYP), Member
Junior League of Cincinnati, Member
American Heart Association, Young @ Heart, Young Professionals Board Member, 2019-2020
Ohio Center for Law-Related Education, Mock Trial Legal Advisor, St. Ursula Academy, 2017-2019
February 6, 2024 | Publications
Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B Cap Details Released At the end of January, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration S...
August 30, 2023 | Publications
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a highly anticipated proposed rule on August 30 amendin...
July 27, 2023 | Publications
On August 1, 2023, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will permit certain em...
February 21, 2023 | Publications
USCIS Announces FY 2024 H-1B Cap Registration Dates The H-1B program allows companies in the United ...
February 13, 2023 | Publications
In an unpublished decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a National Lab...
December 21, 2022 | Publications
USCIS Progress Report FY2022 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released a p...
October 27, 2022 | Publications
U.S. Department of Labor Processing of Prevailing Wage Determinations and Labor Certification Applic...
September 27, 2022 | Publications
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Continues Push to Approve Employment-Based Green C...
June 15, 2022 | Featured
CDC Lifts COVID-19 Testing Requirement for International Air Passengers On June 10, the Centers for ...
June 3, 2022 | Publications
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) eac...
May 19, 2022 | Publications
H-1B 2022 Cap Lottery Registration Update It was a record-breaking year for new H-1B visa cap submis...
April 12, 2022 | Publications
FY 2023 H-1B Cap Season Update The FY 2023 H-1B cap season is well underway. The H-1B registration p...
January 6, 2022 | Publications
U.S. Department of State Expands Visa Interview Waivers for Certain Nonimmigrants In response to the...
December 13, 2021 | Publications
President Biden Issues Travel Restrictions in Response to Omicron On November 26, President Joe Bide...
November 10, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
President Joe Biden issued a Presidential Proclamation on October 25, effective November 8, revoking...
July 21, 2021 | Publications
The attorneys at Frost Brown Todd are here to summarize the most relevant and impactful immigration ...
June 10, 2021 | Publications
International Entrepreneur Parole Program Continued by USCIS The USCIS recently announced that the D...
February 10, 2021 | Publications
H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Cap The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announ...
January 15, 2021 | Publications
The Ohio legislature has made significant changes to the laws governing Ohio employers in workplace ...
December 18, 2020 | Publications
As we previously reported, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Securit...
July 22, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
Without question, the COVID-19 crisis has changed the American workplace, and many employers are lef...
July 17, 2020 | Publications
The Department of Labor (โDOLโ) published revised โoptional-useโ FMLA forms. It maintains th...
June 24, 2020 | Publications
President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Monday, June 22, suspending admission of certa...
May 5, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
On April 27, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced his plan to reopen businesses in the State of Ohio....
April 28, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
On April 27, 2020, Governor Mike DeWine announced his plan to reopen businesses in the State of Ohio...
June 12, 2019 | Publications
The world of immigration policy is changing fast, and Frost Brown Todd is here to inform you of the ...
March 20, 2019 | Publications
Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status Form Update United States Citizenship and Immigrati...
February 1, 2019 | Publications
What is E-Verify? E-Verify is an internet-based system that compares information entered by an emplo...
October 3, 2018 | Publications
Notice to Appear (NTA) Policy Memo Takes Effect 10/1/2018 U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services (US...
September 20, 2018 | Publications
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a new Fair Credit Reporting Act (โFCRAโ) Summa...
March 1, 2018 | Publications
In 2017, in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals be...