Katie Erno

Counsel

Overview

Katie Erno is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Labor and Employment Group. Katie represents companies in a wide range of complex commercial disputes, with a focus on employment litigation and counseling. 

Specifically, Katie litigates a variety of wage and hour claims, class actions, discrimination and harassment claims, shareholder disputes, and issues related to corporate governance. She has deep experience in all stages of litigation, from drafting and challenging complaints, fact and expert discovery, drafting and arguing discovery and dispositive motions, trial, and appeals. Her cases range from single-plaintiff disputes to class actions and complex litigation involving large liability exposure in the context of high-profile bankruptcies. Katie enjoys learning the intricacies of her clients’ businesses and tailors her litigation approach with her clients’ ultimate business objectives in mind.

On the counseling side, Katie routinely investigates and advises clients on a variety of pre-litigation employment-related issues, including wage and hour and discrimination and harassment complaints, employee discipline and termination, employment policies and practices, employee mobility, and non-competition issues. Katie works with employers to build compliant and defensible practices in the first instance so that they can avoid litigation whenever possible.

Career & Education

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    • Boston College, B.A., cum laude, Hispanic studies and communications, 2004
    • New York University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2009
    • Boston College, B.A., cum laude, Hispanic studies and communications, 2004
    • New York University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2009
    • California
    • District of Columbia
    • California
    • District of Columbia

Katie's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 01.23.25

What Private Employers Should Know Following President Trump’s Executive Order On Sex and Gender Identity

The first day of the Trump Administration included the issuance of 26 executive orders(“EOs”), the most in modern presidential history. Among these EOs, President Trump signed the Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government Executive Order (the “EO” or “Order”). While focused on federal policy, the Order has broad implications for private sector employers....

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Katie's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 01.23.25

What Private Employers Should Know Following President Trump’s Executive Order On Sex and Gender Identity

The first day of the Trump Administration included the issuance of 26 executive orders(“EOs”), the most in modern presidential history. Among these EOs, President Trump signed the Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government Executive Order (the “EO” or “Order”). While focused on federal policy, the Order has broad implications for private sector employers....