Practice Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Business Litigation
  • Asbestos Litigation
  • Benzene Litigation

Areas of Practice

  • Asbestos Litigation
  • Benzene Litigation
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts
  • Litigation
  • Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Litigation
  • National Business Tort and Product Liability
  • Product and Mass Tort Litigation
  • Product Liability and Mass Tort Litigation
  • Retail and Consumer Products Litigation
  • Silica Litigation
  • View More

Profile

Katie’s practice focuses on product liability, toxic tort and environmental litigation, and complex commercial litigation. She also handles mass torts, multidistrict litigation and general commercial litigation.

Ms. Sleeker’s areas of practice include defending major corporate clients in all aspects of toxic tort and environmental litigation. She has specific experience defending asbestos, benzene, ephedra, vinyl chloride, formaldehyde, solvent and silica-related toxic tort claims.

Katie is admitted to practice in Florida, Illinois, Virginia and West Virginia, and before the US District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Ms. Sleeker worked for a large law firm in Chicago, where she was a founding member and representative of her firm's Pro Bono and Public Service Committee. She also served as a Chicago liaison for the Homeless Experience Legal Protection Program, including the city-wide recruiting of volunteers to provide legal services to the homeless. Ms. Sleeker was a volunteer guardian ad litem for the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services. She currently represents clients in child custody matters in juvenile and domestic relations court.

Relevant Experience

  • Represents major corporate clients as National Coordinating Counsel in mass tort and toxic exposure litigation.
  • Defends product liability claims on behalf of manufacturers and distributors in the medical device, pharmaceutical and automotive industries.
  • Represents corporations in general commercial litigation, including premises liability matters and contract disputes.
  • Tried as second chair a complex breach of contract jury trial in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin.
  • Drafted successful Daubert motion and summary judgment on behalf of printing press manufacturer.
  • Obtained summary judgment in wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of health care product manufacturer.

Bar Admissions

  • Florida
  • Illinois
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia

Education
BA, The College of William & Mary, Government, cum laude, 1997

Areas of Practice

  • Asbestos Litigation
  • Benzene Litigation
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts
  • Litigation
  • Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Litigation
  • National Business Tort and Product Liability
  • Product and Mass Tort Litigation
  • Product Liability and Mass Tort Litigation
  • Retail and Consumer Products Litigation
  • Silica Litigation

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Represents major corporate clients in all aspects of product liability, toxic tort and environmental litigation, including defending asbestos, benzene, vinyl chloride, silica and ephedra matters.
  • Defends product liability claims on behalf of manufacturers and distributors in the medical device, pharmaceutical and automotive industries.
  • Represents corporations in general commercial litigation, including premises liability matters and contract disputes.
  • Tried as second chair a complex breach of contract jury trial in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin.
  • Drafted successful Daubert motion and summary judgment on behalf of printing press manufacturer.
  • Obtained summary judgment in wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of health care product manufacturer.
  • Pro Bono: Prior to joining Hunton & Williams in 2010, Ms. Sleeker worked for a large law firm in Chicago, where she was a founding member and representative of her firm's Pro Bono and Public Service Committee. She also served as a Chicago liaison for the Homeless Experience Legal Protection Program, including the city-wide recruiting of volunteers to provide legal services to the homeless. Ms. Sleeker was a volunteer Guardian Ad Litem for the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services. She currently represents clients in protective order, child custody, and child support matters in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.


Professional Associations
  • University of Virginia, Domestic Violence Pro Bono Partnership
  • Board of Directors, Saint Francis Home

Professional Activities and Experience
  • Selected as a Rising Star for Personal Injury, Virginia Super Lawyers magazine, 2008.  A description of the selection methodology can be found on Super Lawyers’ webpage


Blogs

Privacy and Information Security Law Blog

Global privacy and cybersecurity law updates and analysis. Computerworld magazine has named Hunton & Williams the top firm for privacy for the fourth consecutive year based on a survey of more than 4,000 corporate privacy professionals. In addition, Chambers and Partners rated Hunton & Williams the top Privacy and Data Security practice in its Chambers Global, Chambers USA and Chambers UK guides, noting that the firm “is highly regarded for the strength of its excellent team.”

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