Katie Page
- Firmwide Chair, Energy and Environmental Litigation Practice
- Seattle
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Katie focuses her practice on the resolution of contaminated site disputes, natural resource damage claims, and other environmental claims.
Katie Page has significant experience handling cases involving the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Washington's Model Toxics Control Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; natural resource damage claims; toxic torts; and common law torts. She has worked on large federal cleanup sites, such as the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site and Kalamazoo River Superfund Site as well as state-led cleanups. At larger sites, she is adept at working collaboratively with other parties to advance the process while also looking out for her clients' interests, leading one client to refer to her as a masterful "herder of cats."
Many of the cases that Katie handles involve sites that operated many decades ago. She skillfully pieces together a coherent picture of what happened at these legacy sites through a combination of historical documents, interviews with current and former employees, and the work of scientific experts. She then devises a method to divide cleanup costs among the various potentially responsible parties.
Katie maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in asylum and other immigration proceedings, social security disability matters, and cases involving constitutional rights.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, Article Selection Editor, Michigan Journal of Gender & Law, 2002
- Grinnell College, B.A., Anthropology, with honors, 1990
Bar and Court Admissions
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Washington
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Clerkships
- Hon. Bobbe Bridge, State Supreme Court of Washington
Professional Recognition
Listed in Chambers USA as “America’s Leading Lawyer” for Environment, 2023-2024
Listed in Lawdragon 500, “Leading U.S. Environmental Lawyers,” 2023-2024
Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Litigation - Environmental, 2024-2025
Listed in Washington Law & Politics, "Rising Stars of Washington Law," 2009
Impact
Community Involvement
- City of Seattle Master Composter Volunteer, May 2021-present
- Community Loaves, Volunteer Baker, November 2020-present
- Legal Voice, Board of Directors, 2012-2016; Board Secretary, 2013-2015; Intake Committee 2017-2020
- Girl Scouts of America, Volunteer Troop Leader, December 2012-2018
