Cate Harding

Cate Harding is an associate in Gibson Dunn's Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

She has represented individual and corporate clients across various industries in all matter of high-stakes trial-level litigation in federal and state courts. Her practice focuses on complex civil matters, including wide ranging employment litigation, class actions, commercial disputes, and First Amendment matters. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, in which she has represented victims of mass atrocities in seeking redress in U.S. federal courts.

Cate received her law degree from New York University School of Law in 2019. During law school, she was an Articles Editor for the NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy and served as a board member for the National Security Law Society. Cate was also an oralist for NYU Law’s Jessup International Law Moot Court team, which was one of 32 teams worldwide that advanced to the competition’s final rounds. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 2010 in Public Policy.

Prior to law school, Cate worked at the intersection of U.S. foreign policy, international development, and diplomacy for both the U.S. Government and community-based organizations in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa.

Cate is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.

Capabilities

• Labor and Employment
• Class Actions
• Litigation
• Media, Entertainment, and Technology
• National Security
• Transnational Litigation
• Trials

Credentials

Education:

• New York University - 2019 Juris Doctor
• Duke University - 2010 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• District of Columbia Bar