Katherine L. Montoya is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice groups.

Before joining the firm, Katherine served as a law clerk to the Honorable Gregory G. Katsas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

She earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served as an Articles Development Editor for the Virginia Law Review, participated in the school’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, and graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif. Katherine received a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Patrick Henry College, graduating summa cum laude  with highest honors.

Katherine is admitted to practice law in Texas and the District of Columbia. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the D.C. Circuit, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Texas and the District of Columbia.