Katherine P. Gardiner

Katherine Gardiner is a dedicated litigator whose practice involves toxic tort (asbestos), general liability, personal injury and premises liability actions. Kate has represented manufacturers, distributors, contractors, and premises owners, including multiple Fortune 500 companies, in the power, military defense and construction industries. She uses her industry knowledge and depth of expertise in the legal landscape to guide her clients in creating strategies that answer immediate case needs while also leading toward long-term business solutions.   

Kate’s organized oversight of client dockets ensures flexible and cost-effective defense of actions by the Walsworth team. Her collaborate and proactive approach to litigation continues to bring in great results, from orders granting summary judgment, to settlements orders of magnitude below initial demands, to frequent dismissal of cases.

Kate has deposed hundreds of plaintiffs, percipient witnesses, and expert witnesses, and she works on all aspects of litigation from the pleading stage through trial and settlement. She has won summary judgment from various federal courts which have, for the first time, clarified both maritime and California law in favor of her clients.

After participating in numerous trial academies, including the IADC Trial Academy (2011) and the Sedgwick Trial Academy (2010), she created and continues to lead the firm’s own Trial College, which cultivates superior trial skills in associates through both hands-on practice and presentation by the firm’s experienced trial attorneys of proven best practices. Kate is also highly involved in the firm’s continuing education, technology and mentoring programs, which similarly focus on improving the skills of all the firm’s attorneys.