Panoramic: Automotive and Mobility 2025
Katherine Vanderhook-Gomez
Partner Global Regulatory
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
As a former federal environmental prosecutor and corporate environmental counsel, Kathy is well known at both the Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency and has deep experience in compliance counseling and civil litigation across federal and state environmental statutes. At DOJ, Kathy brought and resolved cases on behalf of EPA under the Clean Air Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Clean Water Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), among others. As in-house counsel at a publicly-traded American multinational conglomerate, Kathy has provided compliance and strategic advice to executives and technical teams related to enterprise-level environmental legal issues, including those relating to emerging contaminants such as PFAS, as well as environmental sustainability and environmental justice initiatives.
In addition, Kathy represented private, court-appointed trustees before the DOJ, EPA, and state agencies related to environmental remediation and redevelopment and negotiated complex commercial transactions related to contaminated real property.
Representative experience
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude, 2002
- Master of Public Administration, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2002
- B.A., Swarthmore College, phi beta kappa, 1997
Bar admissions and qualifications
- District of Columbia
- New York
Court admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit