Katherine M Bolger

Practice Areas

Kate is an experienced First Amendment and media litigator who has represented news and entertainment companies in a broad spectrum of content-related matters, ranging from investigative journalism to coverage of celebrities. In addition to defending media clients in court, Kate regularly counsels newspapers, magazines, and book publishers about prepublication issues, and advises authors on contract, electronic publishing, and intellectual property matters.

Chambers USA reports that clients have described Kate as "incredibly bright, very strategic, and an exceptionally strong writer" who is "a very effective litigator" and "the lawyer I would want the most in a New York state court street fight." Before joining DWT, Kate was a partner at Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz LLP.

Professional Memberships

Former Chair, Communications Committee, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2017-2020

Governing Committee, ABA Forum on Communications Law, 2014-2017

ABA First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee, 2014-2017

Former Co-chair, ABA Women in Communications Law Committee

Former Chair, Media Law Resource Center, Entertainment Law Committee

Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Law, 2015-present

Instructor, New York University, School of Continuing and Professional Studies