Kate is Counsel with Freedman Normand Friedland LLP. Kate’s practice focuses on art law, particularly representing claimants seeking restitution of art misappropriated during the Holocaust.
Prior to joining Freedman Normand Friedland, Kate served as Associate General Counsel to the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. In this role, Kate represented the City in contract negotiations with arts and culture organizations regarding funding for programming, capital projects, public art, and a wide variety of other transactions. Kate counseled organizations on the legal requirements associated with obtaining City funding, and she advised agency staff on ethics, conflicts of interest, non-profit governance, labor and employment, and compliance issues. Kate conducted internal investigations and coordinated with the New York City Law Department concerning litigation involving the Department of Cultural Affairs.
Prior to joining the City government, Kate was a litigator at two New York law firms, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP. During law school, Kate served as a judicial intern in the chambers of the Honorable Jack B. Weinstein in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.