Katherine Lacy Crosby

office: (502) 238-9908
email: kcrosby@tachaulaw.com

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, 1980; admitted to bar, Kentucky (2007). Admitted to practice: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky. Education: Centre College (B.A., International Relations and French, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2002); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Articles Editor, Michigan Journal of Law Reform (2006-07). Judicial Clerk: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Hon. John G. Heyburn II (2007-08); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Hon. Boyce F. Martin, Jr. (2008-09).

Summer Law Clerk: Legal Services of South Central Michigan (2005); Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center (2006). Member: Kentucky, Louisville, and American Bar Associations.

Practice Area: Business Litigation.

Before joining Tachau Meek in September 2009, Kate served as a law clerk for United States District Judge John G. Heyburn II and then for United States Circuit Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr.

During law school, Kate worked as a student attorney in the University of Michigan Law School’s Pediatric Advocacy Initiative, a legal-medical collaborative designed to improve child health outcomes by addressing legal issues that affect the health of low-income children and their families. She also served as a summer law clerk at the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center where she worked on cases involving federal black lung claims, mining-related environmental damage, mine safety, and worker discrimination.

Kate serves as a mentor to participants in the Bulldogs in the Bluegrass, an internship program for Yale undergraduate students. She also tutors members of Louisville’s growing Burmese refugee community in English.

Kate is married and enjoys running in her spare time. She completed the 2009 Boston Marathon.