I joined the Litigation Group in October 2005. Since joining the firm I have represented a diverse range of clients from individuals to large corporations. My practice spans a wide spectrum of commercial and business litigation, including contracts, business torts, securities, breach of fiduciary duties, employment law, and landlord-tenant disputes.

While in law school I clerked one semester for then Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla R. Owen, who presently sits on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. I was a member of the Texas Review of Litigation and as a “TQ” taught first-year law students the fundamentals of legal research and writing. Each of these experiences afforded me valuable opportunities to develop my own legal research and writing abilities—important skills for any litigator. Thoroughness and attention to detail are traits that I highly value and bring to my work in the Litigation Group.

My husband, Greg, is a technology and management consultant for Accenture. In our free time we enjoy watching University of Texas football, sampling the vast array of Houston restaurants, playing golf and fishing—especially at Lake Okoboji, Iowa.

Articles Written:

Company's Web Site May Subject It To a Lawsuit in Another Forum, by Chris Hanslik and Katie Maechler
The Houston Business Journal, February 9, 2007

Know What Your Tenant is Selling-When Tenants Sell Knock-off Goods, Landlords Pay, by Lee A. Collins and Katie Maechler
The International Council of Shopping Centers; Retail Law Strategist, September 2006

When Tenants Sell Luxe Knock-offs, Landlords May Pay the Price, by Lee A. Collins and Katie Maechler
Houston Business Journal, June 16, 2006

Katherine G. Maechler

Associate
Litigation Group

BA, Trinity University, Magna Cum Laude
JD, University of Texas with Honors