KATHERINE HENDERSON

Partner

Securities Litigation
Litigation
Business Litigation & Counseling
Corporate Law & Governance
Internal & Government Investigations

EXPERIENCE:

Katherine Henderson is a partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Her practice focuses on representing companies and their officers and directors in mergers and acquisitions litigation, securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, and complex commercial litigation. Katherine also advises both public and private clients in connection with corporate governance matters, M&A activity, special committee assignments, internal investigations, and directors and officers' liability insurance coverage.

Prior to joining the firm, Katherine practiced in the general litigation department of Jones Day in New York. She worked on a variety of commercial cases, as well as securities class actions for clients based in New York, the Midwest, and Asia.

EDUCATION:

J.D., Columbia Law School, 2003
B.A., Political Science, Yale University 2000
Cum Laude, With Distinction

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:

Co-author with S. Guggenheim, "D&O Liability Insurance - Lessons Learned," prepared for the Practising Law Institute's 40th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, New York, New York, November 12-14, 2008

ADMISSIONS:

State Bar of California
State Bar of New York
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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