Katherine M. Fahey
Associate
Overview
Katherine Fahey is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Boston office and a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. Ms. Fahey focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes, government and internal investigations, securities and shareholder litigation, post-closing disputes and appeals, as well as litigation related to mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Before returning to private practice, Ms. Fahey was an assistant attorney general in the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, where she served in the Constitutional and Administrative Law Division. In that role, she defended state agencies and employees in a wide range of civil actions, including constitutional challenges to state action and appellate review of agency decisions. She also briefed and argued numerous matters before Massachusetts appellate courts.
Previously, Ms. Fahey clerked for the Honorable Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She began her legal career at a global law firm in its Boston office, where she was a member of the litigation and dispute resolution practice.
Representative Experience
- Successfully defended appeal of a permitting agency's decision in connection with a wind energy power substation before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Successfully defended the state's mandatory pension forfeiture statute against a novel constitutional challenge by a former state trooper convicted of overtime fraud before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Represented a specialty pharmaceutical provider in obtaining dismissal of False Claims Act (FCA) and Anti-Kickback Statute allegations
- Represented a government agency in commercial disputes in state court, including a real estate dispute, resulting in a favorable ruling at trial
- Handled an internal investigation on behalf of an online healthcare learning company into allegations of improper sales practices, falsification of customer orders and associated accounting issues, including in relation to government customers
Credentials
- Boston University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
- Emmanuel College, B.A., cum laude
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association
- Women's Bar Association, Mary K. Ryan Leadership Initiative, 2024-2025
- Sylvia Beineck Robinson Award, Boston University School of Law, 2017
- Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholar, Boston University School of Law, 2016