Kathy Hirata Chin
Overview
Kathy Hirata Chin is a retired partner in Crowell & Moring’s New York office.
Kathy concentrated her practice in health care and real estate litigation. Kathy 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 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 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
Event | 05.08.24
Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and the Fight for Marriage Equality
This reenactment will feature the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) Reenactment Team and members of the Crowell community flexing their theater skills to play the roles of the defendants, lawyers, and judges in a story about the AAPI community and its fight for marriage equality. We will host a networking reception following the performance.
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