Kathryn Hannen Walker

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Nashville

(615) 742-7855

kwalker@bassberry.com

https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/walker-kathryn-hannen/

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Kathryn Walker serves as vice chair of the firm’s 100-attorney Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, internal investigations, and government investigations and enforcement.

With more than 20 years of complex business litigation experience, Kathryn has helped clients resolve a wide variety of business and commercial disputes in state and federal courts around the country as well as in private arbitrations and mediations. She has also provided counseling and advice to companies overseas on disputes and investigations.

Kathryn has represented numerous clients in bet-the-company litigation with significant financial and reputational risks, ranging from precedent-setting opioid litigation to high-stakes securities class actions. She advises clients in a wide array of industries with an emphasis on healthcare and life sciences.

With extensive experience in data management and e-discovery, Kathryn is frequently called upon to lead massive electronic data analysis projects in high-stakes litigation and investigations.

Kathryn’s practice involves:

Business Disputes – Representing clients in various commercial disputes in areas such as breach of contract, fraud, consumer protection, intellectual property and technology, securities and shareholder, and trade secrets and non-compete matters.
Internal Investigations – Conducting internal investigations on behalf of both public and private companies involving potential corporate compliance matters, such as healthcare fraud violations and corporate wrongdoing.
Compliance & Government Investigations – Representing clients in civil investigations, including developing and implementing compliance policies and programs, as well as complex international investigations.
Data Security & Privacy Matters – Advising on electronic information security best practices, data breach ramifications and response, data retention plans, and design and use of creative technology solutions for data management.

Prior to attending law school, Kathryn was an art historian and art curator with a specialty in Contemporary American Art and 19th Century British Art.

Memberships

The Trial Network

Women in White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA)

Tennessee Bar Association — Past Member, Litigation Section Executive Committee

Nashville Bar Association

American Health Law Association (AHLA)

Thistle Farms — Board of Directors

Representative Experience

Pro Bono Immigration Work

Attorneys across the firm continue to work with community partners to represent individuals with immigration claims as they seek to...

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Client Type: Pro Bono
Representation of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals in Precedent-Setting Opioid Litigation

Representation of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a global pharmaceutical manufacturer, in numerous cases in courts across Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia

Bass, Berry & Sims represents Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a global pharmaceutical manufacturer, in numerous cases in courts across Tennessee, Kentucky, and...

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Client Type: Public Company
Summary Judgment of Earn-out Litigation for Change Healthcare

Obtained summary judgment on behalf of Change Healthcare and related entities in federal court litigation in Seattle stemming from Change Healthcare’s acquisition of a start-up business in the healthcare technology industry where the stock purchase agreement had contingent earn-out provisions

We obtained summary judgment on behalf of Change Healthcare and related entities in federal court litigation in Seattle stemming from...

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Client Type: Private Company
U.S. ex rel. Ramsey v. Censeo Health, L.L.C.

Representation of Medicare Advantage service provider in qui tam alleging that defendants caused inflation of risk adjustment scores. U.S. ex rel. Ramsey v. Censeo Health, L.L.C., No. 3:14-cv-118 (N.D. Tex.)

We represented Medicare Advantage service provider in qui tam alleging that defendants caused the inflation of risk adjustment scores. U.S....

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Successful Result in Case Involving Gas Hedging Charges

Represented the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee in a lawsuit against the Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia (MGAG) alleging unauthorized natural gas hedging charges imposed by MGAG. The case was resolved very favorably for the Town.

With a team led by Jessie Zeigler, we represented the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee in a lawsuit against the Municipal...

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Client Type: Government
Injunctive Relief for Software Company in Trademark Litigation

Representation of software company in “bet-the-company” litigation involving trade secret misappropriation, trademark claims, unfair competition, defamation, and various cyber-torts

We are representing a software company in ongoing litigation related to trade secret misappropriation, trademark claims, unfair competition, defamation, and...

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Client Type: Private Company
Successful Representation of Trademark Protection for Restaurant Company

Successful representation of national restaurant company in suit to protect its concept’s most important trademark

We successfully represented a national restaurant company in a lawsuit to protect the restaurant's most important trademark, its name. A...

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Client Type: Public Company
Magazine Launch for Scripps Networks/HGTV

Assisted Scripps in the negotiation of the HGTV Magazine launch that closed in December 2012

We assisted Scripps in the negotiation of the HGTV Magazine launch that closed in December 2012. Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE:...

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Client Type: Public Company
Anti-Corruption Compliance Integration for China Acquisition

Represented a Fortune 500 company related to anti-corruption compliance integration of a China acquisition

We represented a Fortune 500 company related to anti-corruption compliance integration of a China acquisition.

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Client Type: Public Company
Defense of Trademark Infringement Related to Song Usage

Representation of a record and distribution company, a musical group, a songwriter, and a New York Times best-selling author by successfully defending them against trademark infringement claims arising out of all parties’ use of a famous song

In a jointly-filed suit brought by a record and distribution company, a musical group, a songwriter, and a New York...

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Client Type: Private Company

Accolades

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) — Fellow (2013)

Nashville Business Journal “Best of the Bar” (2008)

Vanderbilt Law Review — Executive Editor

Phi Beta Kappa

Presidential Scholar

Henry Luce Fellow Finalist

Education

Vanderbilt Law School - J.D., 2000

Order of the Coif
Vanderbilt University - M.A., 1995
Augustana College - B.A., 1993

Admissions

Tennessee, 2000

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, 2019
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2003
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 2002

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