Katherine Donohue
Associate
Kate Donohue joined Ropes & Gray’s corporate department in 2021. During law school, Kate advocated for state and federal legislation as a clinical student in the Columbia Law Health Justice Advocacy Clinic and was an editor for The Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts. Kate also served as a teaching assistant for Professor Katherine Franke and Professor Mavis Fowler-Williams, and she spent a semester as an intern on the legal team at Glossier.
Publications
- Co-author, “California Senate Takes Second Shot at Corporate Climate Disclosures as Part of Proposed Climate Accountability Package,” Ropes & Gray Alert (February 22, 2023)
- Co-author, “Climate-related Disclosures and Targets Proposed for U.S. Federal Government Contractors – An Overview,” Ropes & Gray Alert (November 30, 2022)
- Co-author, “The TASK Act – Proposed Disclosure Requirements for Public Companies Relating to Xinjiang Labor and Other China Activities,” Ropes & Gray Alert (July 5, 2022)
- Co-author, “The Proposed New York State Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act – An Update Five Months In,” Ropes & Gray Alert (February 23, 2022)
- Co-author, “New Norwegian Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Law Creates Obligations for U.S.-based Multinationals Doing Business in Norway,” Ropes & Gray Alert (December 15, 2021)
- Co-author, “Fashion Industry Guide for Capital Markets,” Lexis Practice Advisor (February 24, 2021)
Education
- JD, Columbia University School of Law, 2020; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- BA (English), Boston College, 2015
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- New York, 2021