Katie Aber
Overview
Katie Aber is a counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the Labor & Employment Group. Katie represents employers in both litigation and counseling matters. She has experience in all aspects of civil litigation, including drafting and challenging complaints, fact and expert discovery, and drafting motions and briefs. On the counseling side, Katie has experience in advising clients on various pre-litigation, employment-related issues, as well as on issues relating to public accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Katie also has experience conducting workplace investigations on a variety of issues, including harassment and retaliation claims.
Prior to joining the firm, Katie was a civil litigation attorney at an international law firm in New York City, where she concentrated her practice on commercial litigation, employment litigation and counseling, and white collar defense matters.
Katie graduated from Columbia Law School in 2017, where she was a James Kent and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served on the Journal of Law and Social Problems.
Career & Education
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2012
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 2017
- District of Columbia
- New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Katie's Insights
Client Alert | 5 min read | 05.30.24
On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed S.B. 24-205, Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence, the first state law in the country to regulate employers’ use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions. This law regulates both companies that develop and companies that deploy “high-risk” artificial intelligence systems (“AI systems”). In particular, the law sets forth a set of provisions designed to ensure that developers and deployers use “reasonable care” to protect consumers from any “known or reasonably foreseeable risks to algorithmic discrimination” arising from the use of the AI system. The law then creates a rebuttable presumption, for both deployers and developers, that reasonable care was used if they meet specific requirements and disclose key information about high-risk AI systems. This law will be enforced by the Colorado Attorney General, and a violation of the law constitutes an unfair trade practice. The law becomes effective on February 1, 2026.
Firm News | 2 min read | 05.30.24
Crowell & Moring Honors Recipients of 25th Annual George Bailey Public Service Awards
Publication | 05.28.24
Harmonizing AI With EEO Requirements: OFCCP's Blueprint For Federal Contractors
Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.13.24
Harmonizing AI with EEO Requirements: OFCCP’s Blueprint for Federal Contractors
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Harmonizing AI With EEO Requirements: OFCCP's Blueprint For Federal Contractors
|05.28.24
Westlaw Today
"When Anti-Discrimination Law Discriminates: A Right to Transgender Dignity in Disability Law" Columbia Law Journal of Law & Social Problems, Volume 50, Issue 1
|09.15.21
Katie's Insights
Client Alert | 5 min read | 05.30.24
On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed S.B. 24-205, Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence, the first state law in the country to regulate employers’ use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions. This law regulates both companies that develop and companies that deploy “high-risk” artificial intelligence systems (“AI systems”). In particular, the law sets forth a set of provisions designed to ensure that developers and deployers use “reasonable care” to protect consumers from any “known or reasonably foreseeable risks to algorithmic discrimination” arising from the use of the AI system. The law then creates a rebuttable presumption, for both deployers and developers, that reasonable care was used if they meet specific requirements and disclose key information about high-risk AI systems. This law will be enforced by the Colorado Attorney General, and a violation of the law constitutes an unfair trade practice. The law becomes effective on February 1, 2026.
Firm News | 2 min read | 05.30.24
Crowell & Moring Honors Recipients of 25th Annual George Bailey Public Service Awards
Publication | 05.28.24
Harmonizing AI With EEO Requirements: OFCCP's Blueprint For Federal Contractors
Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.13.24
Harmonizing AI with EEO Requirements: OFCCP’s Blueprint for Federal Contractors
