After graduating from law school, Katie clerked for the Honorable Beth P. Gesner, United States Magistrate Judge, in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Before joining the legal profession, Katie spent six years working on Capitol Hill for former United States Representative Thomas M. Reynolds. Katie worked for Congressman Reynolds at the National Republican Congressional Committee during his four-year tenure as chairman. Prior to joining the NRCC, Katie was a legislative assistant/legislative correspondent in Congressman Reynolds’ House office, where she worked on social security, financial services, international relations, housing, and tax issues.

During law school, Katie was a staff member of the American University Law Review and wrote the comment, “Contemplating ‘Cruel and Unusual’: A Critical Analysis of Baze v. Rees in the Context of the Supreme Court’s Eighth Amendment ‘Proportionality’ Jurisprudence,” 58 Am. U. L. Rev. 633 (2009).