Katherine Forrest

A partner in the Litigation Department, Katherine serves as the chair of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Group. She previously served as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York and as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. At the DOJ, Katherine was head of criminal and civil operations for the Antitrust Division.  Katherine regularly handles sensitive high technology investigations, litigation and advisory work in the areas of antitrust, artificial intelligence, financial services, insurance, employment, contracts, sports and media law, and intellectual property.  

Drawing on decades of experience at the intersection of antitrust law and emerging technologies, Katherine's specialized expertise in AI-related competition issues provides critical guidance for organizations navigating the complex regulatory landscape.

Katherine was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2011 as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, serving just under eight  years on the bench and presiding over several thousand criminal and civil cases. She was selected as an MDL judge in major antitrust litigations.  Katherine also sat by designation on the Second Circuit in connection with over 30 cases.

• Faire Wholesale, Inc., an AI-powered online wholesale marketplace platform, in an antitrust suit brought by competitor Tundra, Inc., obtaining the dismissal of the case with prejudice.
  
  
• Amedisys in an antitrust action brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and several states seeking to block UnitedHealth Group's proposed $3.3 billion acquisition of Amedisys.
  
  
• Loews Hotels Holding Corporation in the successful dismissal of a putative antitrust class action alleging that a group of leading hotels engaged in a conspiracy to collect competitor information and use its algorithmic pricing system to fix higher prices across the industry.
  
  
• Apollo Global Management as strategic partner on a wide variety of AI-related matters. Among these, we provide strategic advice on risk analysis relating to use cases, setting up a compliance program, providing ongoing regulatory advice and analysis, performing due diligence of compliance programs and contractual considerations for engaging third-party AI licensors. We are advising Apollo on navigating and establishing its governance framework to determine how AI technologies will be assessed and adopted within the organization so that Apollo can leverage generative AI now as the technology rapidly evolves. We are advising Apollo on strategic external engagement with respect to its AI technologies. We are also bringing our Knowledge & Innovation team to bear, offering Apollo dynamic advice on AI adoption and creating a full-service approach to counseling on AI issues.
  
  
• Advance Publications, Inc. on best practices in the current AI environment and strategic planning for handling current and future AI-related regulatory and legal matters. Advance consists of several important assets, such as Conde Nast, which includes renowned publications such as Vogue and The New Yorker.

• Competition/antitrust
• White collar crime
• Litigation
• Internal Investigations
• Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation
• Copyright & Trademark Litigation
• Patent Litigation
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
• Media & Entertainment

• Consumer goods and services
• Technology and telecommunications

• J.D. - New York University School of Law
• B.A. - Wesleyan University
   

• New York
• U.S. Supreme Court