Partner
212.228.7727 ext. 1212
KHansen@grmny.com
Katherine H. Hansen joined the firm in 2011 and has been a partner since 2017. Her clients include private and public sector unions, faculty at various colleges and universities, and individuals in a range of sectors. Ms. Hansen’s practice focuses on collective bargaining, new organizing, advising union clients on a wide range of issues, and litigating on behalf of unions, individuals, and groups of employees in state and federal court, before various government agencies, and in arbitration and mediation. In this capacity, Ms. Hansen has successfully argued numerous cases in federal and state court, including in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and in New York State’s Appellate Division. Ms. Hansen also represents individuals in employment matters including employment discrimination, severance agreements, and a range of other issues.
In connection with her work in higher education, Ms. Hansen advises many faculty groups and individual faculty on issues related to shared governance, faculty handbooks, disciplinary proceedings, academic freedom, collective bargaining, and a wide range of issues concerning tenure, promotion, and non-reappointment.
Ms. Hansen received her J.D. from Cornell Law School where she graduated magna cum laude. Prior to law school, she spent five years working as a union representative for the Service Employees International Union in California and Wisconsin. Ms. Hansen has also lived in Johannesburg, South Africa where she was an intern with Lawyers for Human Rights.
Ms. Hansen is admitted in the State of New York, State of New Jersey, U.S. District Court of New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.