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Kate Harmon

She / Her / Hers

Partner
Wilmington
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302.442.7057
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Kate is a partner in Benesch’s litigation department where she finds joy in helping her clients efficiently identify and execute on innovative solutions to business disputes and questions. Creative collaboration with her client teams and Benesch team is her favorite part of her practice. Kate focuses her practice on commercial litigation across industries in Delaware’s state and federal courts as well as in courts throughout various other jurisdictions. Kate also has experience in bankruptcy litigation, corporate litigation, corporate governance, entity formation, non-profit representation, insurance coverage disputes, and intellectual property matters. 

Kate is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion and she strives to advance these principles in all areas of her life, both personally and professionally. Kate serves as President on the Delaware State Bar Association’s Executive Committee and recently completed a two-year term as Co-Chair of the DSBA’s Women and the Law section. Kate enjoys serving as Vice-Chair of Benesch’s Associate Development Committee and on the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee and the firm’s First in Service Committee. She relishes serving as a mentor to many young Delaware attorneys and proudly provides pro bono services as a Child Attorney through the Delaware Office of the Child Advocate.

Kate received her J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law, her Masters in Social Services and Masters in Law and Social Policy from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, and her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Delaware. A proud Delawarean born and raised, Kate lives in Wilmington with her two children. 

Representative Experience

  • Counsel for Fortune 100 Company, negotiating a settlement of a construction contract dispute in excess of $1 million in client’s favor.
  • Counsel for commercial lender, prevailing in dispositive motion practice on a dispute regarding the applicability of a choice of law provision in a merchant receivables purchase agreement.
  • Counsel for a small restaurant business, negotiating a settlement of a contract dispute regarding ownership of the restaurant which allowed the small business owner to continue to operate and maintain ownership.
  • Litigation
  • Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2009, J.D.
  • Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, 2005, Masters, Social Services; Masters, Law and Social Policy
  • University of Delaware, 2002, B.A., Psychology
  • Named, Delaware 222 honoree by the Delaware Business Times
  • Listed, The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation - Intellectual Property; 2022-2025
  • Listed, Super Lawyers - Rising Stars, 2020
  • American Bar Association Business Law Section - Business Law Fellow, 2017 - 2019
  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity - Pathfinder, 2017
  • National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges - Next Generation Participant, 2016

 

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Delaware State Bar Association
    • Executive Committee / President June 2023 - Present 
    • Executive Committee / President-Elect July 2022 - June 2023 Term
    • Executive Committee / Vice-President At-Large June 2021 - July 2022 Term
    • Executive Committee / Vice President, New Castle County July 2020 - June 2021 Term
    • Executive Committee / Treasurer July 2018 - June 2020 Term
    • Executive Committee / Assistant Treasurer July 2017 - June 2018 Term
    • Executive Committee / Member-at-Large July 2016 - June 2017 Term
    • MLK, Jr. Breakfast and Statewide Day of Service Planning Committee 2016 - present
      • Leads the Meals on Wheels Service Project
    • Women and the Law Section Member Co-Chair July 2019 - June 2021 Term
    • Women and the Law Section Member Secretary July 2017 – June 2019 Term
    • Litigation Section Member
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court
  • Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court
  • Child Attorney through the Office of the Child Advocate

Highlights

Articles and Presentations
March 20, 2024
Cutting Tall Poppy Syndrome Down to Size: Creating Work Cultures that Embrace Ambitious Women | Kate Harmon
May 20, 2022
ABA This Talk Isn’t Cheap: Women of Color and White Women Attorneys Find Common Ground | Kate Harmon
March 26, 2021
Amend, the Fight for America - Panel Discussion | Kate Harmon

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News
September 27, 2024
Benesch Client Smartmatic Reaches Settlement With Newsmax
August 15, 2024
132 Benesch Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers® Rankings
December 12, 2023
J. Erik Connolly, Nicole E. Wrigley, Kate Harmon, Caitlin Kovacs and Olivia Elizabeth Sullivan mentioned in Law360 article | "DC Magistrate Judge Rejects Recusal Bid In Smartmatic Case"

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