Caitlyn (Kate) Mancuso | Philadelphia | Hogan Lovells

Caitlyn (Kate) Mancuso

Senior Associate Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment

Mancuso Caitlyn

Caitlyn (Kate) Mancuso
Mancuso Caitlyn
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Kate Mancuso understands that in business, reputation is everything. Kate knows how to work with clients to protect their integrity and their bottom line when high profile litigation threatens both.

Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Kate was a Series 7 and Series 66 licensed financial advisor and a business owner, where she learned how to anticipate her clients' needs and create detailed solutions to complex problems. As a litigation associate in Philadelphia, Kate’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and internal investigations, with particular focus on the technology and healthcare industries. Kate has a keen sense for facts and details that makes her an asset on any team and enables her to craft compelling arguments in the face of challenging legal issues. But more importantly, Kate understands that pending litigation affects a company well before the final outcome of the matter, and she helps her clients communicate effectively with customers, employees, shareholders, and partners to minimize the business-side impact.

Kate has extensive experience in federal multidistrict litigation and coordinated state-level proceedings, and knows how to work effectively with joint defense counsel and plaintiffs’ counsel to protect her client’s long-term interests. She is equally comfortable leading a team or taking on a supporting role as needed, and she can be trusted to spot potential issues early on and identify smart solutions.

Kate’s pro bono efforts include Social Security appeals for individuals who were wrongfully denied benefits, and she is currently representing the City of Philadelphia on a petition for allocatur before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court relating to municipal authority to regulate firearms. During her time at Penn Law, Kate had the honor of serving as a Littleton Fellow and was Executive Editor for The Regulatory Review. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, Tim, and their two dogs, Sinatra and Guinness.

Representative experience

Won dismissal of products liability claims against a global social media company, with the Central District of California holding for the first time that the company's mobile app is not a "product."

On a case of first impression in New Jersey, successfully quashed a third-party subpoena from a defendant seeking proprietary and confidential information from a laboratory drug testing provider.

Negotiated favorable settlement terms for global resolution and release of claims in more than 250 related cases brought by political subdivision plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation.

Won dismissal of all claims for lack of Article III standing in class action litigation stemming from data breach in which only non-sensitive personal data was impacted.

Despite mixed legal authority on key issues, resolved disputed claims between business partners defrauded by third-party bad actor's business email compromise scheme intercepting contractual payments.

Successfully appealed the initial denial of Social Security Income benefits for a disabled client, resulting in back pay benefits of approximately US$40,000 as well as future benefits.

Credentials

Education
  • J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2020
  • B.A. Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • Pennsylvania
Court admissions
  • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
Memberships
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Philadelphia Bar Association

Publications