Katie Barton focuses her practice on labor and employment matters. Ms. Barton's experience includes representing management in employment litigation under Title VII, the FLSA, the ADEA, the ADA and the FMLA, and before the EEOC and state civil rights agencies.  Ms. Barton also has experience conducting FLSA audits for management.  She regularly counsels management on employment issues, policies, and employee handbooks. Ms. Barton also regularly represents management in labor arbitrations and counsels management on traditional labor issues. She has experience managing electronic document review, researching legal issues, drafting motions, briefs and memorandums, and in preparing for trial.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Barton clerked for the office of the General Counsel at the University of Tennessee, where she worked primarily on labor and employment matters. During law school, she was the Best Preliminary Round Oral Advocate in the 2007 Robert F. Wagner Labor & Employment Moot Court Competition.