Katherine L. Porter
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2026
Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America from 2023-2025
Portland, Maine
Corporate Law
Labor and Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Employment law attorney Katie Porter represents private and public employers and helps emerging companies establish and maintain all aspects of their labor and employment policies and practices.
Katie’s experience includes drafting employment-related agreements and policies, counseling clients through employee issues, consulting on internal investigations, providing employment advice for corporate transactions, and defending clients in federal and state courts and before federal and state administrative agencies.
Katie routinely advises clients on federal, state, and local employment laws, including discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, accommodations, leaves, wage and hour, equity compensation structures, COVID-19 compliance, whistleblower, and misclassification issues.
- E-mail: kporter@pierceatwood.com
- Direct Phone Number: 207-791-1100
- Phone Number: 207-791-1100
- Lawyer Page: https://www.pierceatwood.com/people/katherine-porter
- Merrill's Wharf
254 Commercial Street
Portland, ME 04101
- Hofstra University, J.D., cum laude, graduated 2012
- Tufts University, B.A., graduated 2007
- United States, Maine
- United States, New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maine
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States Supreme Court
60 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
15 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

- Corporate Law
- Labor and Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
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