Katie Roholt Lane represents clients at critical stages of high-stakes regulatory and constitutional litigation. Her practice also consists of developing case strategy at the trial and appellate levels, briefing legal issues, and conducting motions practice. Katie currently represents clients in litigation arising under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and the Medicare Act.
In addition to her litigation practice, Katie provides strategic planning and regulatory compliance advice to companies seeking to navigate the complex U.S. regulations that impact domestic and international industries. She has represented clients in rulemakings and consultations before regulatory authorities, including the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) often seeking to eliminate the regulatory barriers to industry innovation.
Katie also maintains an active pro bono practice that focuses on briefing constitutional and statutory issues before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appellate courts. She was part of the team that represented The American Legion in its landmark victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association, 139 S. Ct. 2067 (2019).
Katie is president of the Federalist Society's D.C. Young Lawyers Chapter.
Experience
Additional Publications
- 2018
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Pregnant: The Jurisprudence of Abortion Exceptionalism in Garza v. Hargan, 5 Texas A&M L. Rev. 3
- University of Pennsylvania (J.D. 2014; Executive Editor, The University of Pennsylvania Law Review; Lipman Redman Prize for Best Appellate Brief in the First-Year Class; Master of Bioethics 2014); University of Scranton (B.A. in English Literature and Theology and Religious Studies summa cum laude 2011)
- District of Columbia, New York, and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Special Counsel to the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee for the Nomination of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court (2017)
- Law Clerk to Judge Richard J. Leon, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (2017-2018) and to Judge Steven M. Colloton, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (2014-2015); legal intern to Judge Jerry E. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (2012)