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Katharine B. Fischman
Senior Associate
Nashville, TN
Senior Associate
Nashville, TN
Katharine assists businesses of all sizes – from large corporations to small business owners to local governments to charter schools – in solving business disputes with respect to contracts, insurance coverage, real property, environmental challenges, and organizational and governance issues.
Katharine is a Nashville native who joined the firm in 2017. She previously worked in Nashville for the Honorable Judge Joe B. Brown, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, and for the public relations firm McNeely Piggot and Fox.
While in law school, Katharine served as director of outreach for the Protective Order Project, helping domestic violence survivors obtain civil protective orders. She was also the senior managing editor for the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D., 2017, cum laude, Dean’s List
Tulane University, B.A., French and Art History, 2012, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Dean’s List
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Judge Joe Brown, Summer 2015
United States District Courts for the Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee
Tennessee Supreme Court
Lawyers Association for Women, Marion Griffin Chapter
Harry Phillips American Inn of Court, Associate
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Mentor
Defense Research Institute
Nashville Bar Association
Tennessee Immigrant Refugee Rights Coalition, Volunteer
Women’s Initiative Committee, Member
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