Katherine Mueller has more than a decade of legal experience in the private sector, most recently as First Vice President and Senior Counsel at SunTrust Banks, Inc., where she managed litigation nationally and advised default constituencies on risk mitigation.

Prior to working at SunTrust, Katherine was a partner at an Am Law 200 firm, where she had both corporate and litigation practices. In her corporate practice, she focused on asset sales and acquisitions and corporate tax planning. Katherine also represented financial institutions in secured lending transactions, including loan workouts and corporate restructurings. She also managed a national Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, leading a team that resolved hundreds of preference actions and bankruptcy claims.

Prior to law school, Katherine worked on Capitol Hill and at a government contracting firm where she was a technical writer and editor.

Katherine received a B.A. in history, with honors, from Trinity College and a J.D. from William and Mary Law School.