Katherine M. Chaves

Katherine focuses her practice on advising boards of directors and management in connection with government and internal corporate investigations, cybersecurity incident response, corporate governance issues, regulatory compliance, and related civil litigation in connection with a range of matters. Katherine also handles a wide variety of general litigation, arbitration and appellate matters, including securities, class actions, commercial/contract and complex matters involving alleged director and shareholder fiduciary duty violations. Katherine is a member of The Sedona Conference’s Working Group 11, whose mission is to identify and comment on trends in data security and privacy law, in an effort to help organizations prepare for and respond to data breaches. Prior to joining Dorsey, Katherine practiced for several years as an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York.