Katherine Crytzer - Associate

• Litigation

• 2009, Virginia

  2011, District of Columbia

• Law Clerk, The Honorable Raymond Gruender, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2009 – 2010
• Intern, The Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Alexandria, VA, 2008
• Intern, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, 2007

• George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 2009 magna cum laude
  
  George Mason Law Review, Managing Editor
  
  Federal Bar Association Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition, Winner and Best Oralist 2008
• Middle Tennessee State University, B.S., Political Science/Pre-Law, 2006 summa cum laude
  
  Presidential Scholar, Norman L. Parks Award

Professional Profile

Katie Crytzer is a litigation associate in Kirkland's Washington, D.C., office. Her practice principally focuses on complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts at the trial and appellate level. Katie has represented clients in a variety of commercial litigation matters, including commercial disputes, contracts, products liability, discrimination, and class action claims.

Katie also maintains an active pro bono practice. Prior to joining Kirkland, Katie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Raymond W. Gruender of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Publications

You're Fired! Bishop v. Wood: When Does a Letter in a Former Public Employee's Personnel File Deny a Due Process Liberty Right? 16 GEO. MASON L. REV. 447 (2009)

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Prior Experience

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.

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Courts

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit