Katherine has successfully obtained numerous approvals for Certificates of Convenience and Necessity from the Tennessee Public Utility Commission for various clients.
Katherine served as Senior Associate Counsel at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation before joining Butler Snow. In her more than seven years with TDEC, she litigated complex and high-profile enforcement cases, permit appeals, and related regulatory matters. She also advised TDEC leadership in policymaking and research initiatives, including in significant and emerging areas of environmental and regulatory interest. She has broad experience in environmental law, with a focus in water law and solid and hazardous waste law, and her practice touches on numerous diverse areas including administrative, property, and contract law.
Recently, Katherine worked alongside colleagues JW Luna and Melvin Malone in assisting West Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Inc. obtain regulatory approval to build a gas pipeline to serve the Blue Oval City Project, which included successful application of the Hinshaw Amendment.

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Education

Vermont Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2013
- Dean’s List
- Land Use Clinician
- Environmental Law Society
- Excellence in Legal Research
Vermont Law School, M.E.L.P., magna cum laude, 2013
- Master of Environmental Law and Policy
Sewanee: The University of the South, B.A., History, magna cum laude, 2006
- Dean’s List
- Order of the Gownsmen Academic Honor Society
- Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society
LUISS Business School, Rome, Italy, Italian Language, History, and Art History, 2004

Tennessee Bar Association
- Environmental Law Section
  - Chair, 2023-2024
- Young Lawyers Division
American Bar Association
- Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Nashville Bar Association

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Katherine is a member of Butler Snow’s Regulatory and Government group. Her practice focuses on administrative, environmental, and regulatory law.

Katherine has successfully obtained numerous approvals for Certificates of Convenience and Necessity from the Tennessee Public Utility Commission for various clients.
Katherine served as Senior Associate Counsel at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation before joining Butler Snow. In her more than seven years with TDEC, she litigated complex and high-profile enforcement cases, permit appeals, and related regulatory matters. She also advised TDEC leadership in policymaking and research initiatives, including in significant and emerging areas of environmental and regulatory interest. She has broad experience in environmental law, with a focus in water law and solid and hazardous waste law, and her practice touches on numerous diverse areas including administrative, property, and contract law.
Recently, Katherine worked alongside colleagues JW Luna and Melvin Malone in assisting West Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Inc. obtain regulatory approval to build a gas pipeline to serve the Blue Oval City Project, which included successful application of the Hinshaw Amendment.

Vermont Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2013
- Dean’s List
- Land Use Clinician
- Environmental Law Society
- Excellence in Legal Research
Vermont Law School, M.E.L.P., magna cum laude, 2013
- Master of Environmental Law and Policy
Sewanee: The University of the South, B.A., History, magna cum laude, 2006
- Dean’s List
- Order of the Gownsmen Academic Honor Society
- Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society
LUISS Business School, Rome, Italy, Italian Language, History, and Art History, 2004

Tennessee Bar Association
- Environmental Law Section
  - Chair, 2023-2024
- Young Lawyers Division
American Bar Association
- Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Nashville Bar Association