Kathy Hirata Chin
Overview
Kathy Hirata Chin is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s New York office.
Kathy concentrates her practice in health care and real estate litigation. Kathy has successfully represented individual health care providers and associations of such providers in challenges to actions taken by state and federal agencies, including multiple suits regarding Medicaid reimbursement issues. Kathy has also defended an international dialysis services provider against RICO claims in federal court based on allegedly fraudulent billing activity; represented a pharmaceutical services provider in a billing dispute with a chain of nursing homes; defended home health agencies in suits brought by employees pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act; and represented other providers and associations of providers as plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of matters in federal and state court involving issues ranging from contract interpretation to cash receipts assessments to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. As counsel to a religious institution, she has successfully defended claims of religious discrimination. In 2018, she obtained court approval for the sale of a not-for-profit facility over the objection of the Charities Bureau of the New York State Attorney General.
Career & Education
- Princeton University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1975
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 1980
- New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Member, Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY)
- Member, Federal Bar Council
- Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
- Member, New York City Bar Association
- Member, New York County Lawyers Association
- Member, New York State Bar Association
Appointed Positions
- Member, Attorney Emeritus Advisory Council
- Member, Commercial Division Advisory Council
- Acting Chair, New York City Commission to Combat Police Corruption
- Member, New York’s First Department Judicial Screening Committee
- Member, Second Circuit Judicial Council Committee on Civic Education & Public Engagement
Board Service
- Co-Chair Board, Medicare Rights Center
- Member, EmblemHealth
Awards
- “25th Anniversary Celebrant,” Apex For Youth
- “Leaders Among Us: Asian American Women,” NAPABA
- Diversity and Inclusion Champion, New York City Bar Association
- Inaugural Hong Yen Chen Award, Columbia Law School APALSA
- Leadership Award, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health
- Lillian D. Wald Award, Visiting Nurse Service of New York
- Women’s Leadership Award, AABANY
Kathy's Insights
Firm News | 9 min read | 08.17.23
Washington – August 17, 2023: The 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 47 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 41 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
Firm News | 2 min read | 10.13.22
NAPABA Honors Partner Kathy Hirata Chin as a 2022 Trailblazer
Firm News | 7 min read | 08.18.22
Publication | 04.01.22
Kung Flu: A History of Hostility and Violence Against Asian Americans
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2011-2023
- Super Lawyers: Top-Rated, Health Care, 2006-2019, 2022-2023
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association: Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award, 2022
- Asian American Bar Association of New York; Women's Leadership Award, 2018
- Columbia Law School's Asian Pacific American Law Student Association: Hong Yen Chen Award, 2018
- Apex For Youth: 25th Anniversary Celebrant, 2017
- Visiting Nurse Service of New York: Lillian D. Wald Award, 2017
- Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health: Leadership Award, 2017
- New York City Bar Association: Diversity and Inclusion Champion, 2015
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association: Leaders Among Us: Asian American Women, 2006
Kathy's Insights
Firm News | 9 min read | 08.17.23
Washington – August 17, 2023: The 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 47 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 41 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
Firm News | 2 min read | 10.13.22
NAPABA Honors Partner Kathy Hirata Chin as a 2022 Trailblazer
Firm News | 7 min read | 08.18.22
Publication | 04.01.22
Kung Flu: A History of Hostility and Violence Against Asian Americans
Kathy's Insights
Firm News | 9 min read | 08.17.23
Washington – August 17, 2023: The 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 47 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 41 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
Firm News | 2 min read | 10.13.22
NAPABA Honors Partner Kathy Hirata Chin as a 2022 Trailblazer
Firm News | 7 min read | 08.18.22
Publication | 04.01.22
Kung Flu: A History of Hostility and Violence Against Asian Americans