Katie Hausfeld is a seasoned counselor to boards, audit committees, and senior management, focusing her practice on corporate investigations, compliance and governance matters, white-collar defense, and complex civil litigation. From global investigations to enterprise-wide compliance programs, she helps organizations anticipate risk, respond decisively, and emerge from crisis stronger. She advises U.S. and multinational corporations on internal investigations, regulatory compliance, and white‑collar matters, and represents clients in complex commercial litigation. Katie is regularly engaged to navigate sensitive, multi-jurisdictional investigations involving the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the World Bank and other global enforcement authorities. Her work spans allegations of economic crime (including bribery and money laundering), insider trading, bid rigging, conflicts of interest, business email compromise, executive misconduct, and sexual discrimination, often under intense regulatory scrutiny and public interest. She also counsels her clients in relation to matters involving asset tracing and recovery.

Katie is also a trusted business partner, advising her clients on compliance strategy, as well as the design, implementation and testing of risk‑based, enterprise‑wide compliance programs aligned with the ever-evolving expectations of global regulatory and enforcement agencies. She leads risk assessments, drafts and operationalizes codes of conduct and key policies, builds whistleblower and reporting frameworks, and develops tailored training designed to embed accountability and a culture of compliance. She also conducts anti‑corruption and anti‑money‑laundering diligence for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic transactions, translating regulatory risk into practical controls that support business objectives. Katie is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

As part of her commercial litigation practice, Katie has represented clients in a variety of complex commercial litigation disputes in both federal and state courts and before the American Arbitration Association.

Katie’s pro bono work is diverse, spanning immigration, prisoners’ rights and international human rights. She has supported the Georgian delegation at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP26), negotiating on behalf of Georgia, and has delivered trial advocacy training for police prosecutors across the Caribbean and in Guyana in partnership with the National Center for State Courts. She was also part of the team that successfully challenged the separation of two minor asylum seekers from their parents, securing reunification, receiving recognition from the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois for her work.

Before entering private practice, Katie served in the Offices of Global Communications and Correspondence at The White House and at a foreign policy think tank focused on U.S.–Russia relation.