Katie (BW Version)

Katie R. Beran

  • Partner
  • Philadelphia
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OVERVIEW

Katie Beran, a partner in Hausfeld’s Philadelphia office, is Co‑Chair of the firm’s Public Entity and Environmental & Product Liability Practice Groups and serves as Hausfeld’s U.S. Business Development Partner. Her practice focuses on pursuing justice for plaintiffs in environmental, antitrust, consumer protection, and human rights litigation. Katie has represented a diverse array of clients, including public entities seeking treatment costs for contaminated water and other natural resources, small businesses challenging entrenched Big Tech monopolies, and families unlawfully separated under the federal government’s Family Separation Policy. 

As Co-Chair of the Public Entity Practice, Katie co-leads the firm’s deep bench of attorneys representing public entities in environmental, antitrust, consumer protection, and affirmative firearm litigation. Examples include:

  • The first-in-the-nation case on behalf of one of the largest public water suppliers in the country, seeking to hold chemical manufacturers responsible for decades-long release of 1,4-dioxane into groundwater, as well as the first statewide case against those same companies; 
  • Antitrust and consumer protection civil enforcement actions on behalf of states and cities challenging unlawful conspiracies and deceptive marketing practices; and
  • Lawsuits on behalf of cities and states to hold the firearm industry accountable for deceptive marketing, the proliferation of unlawful ghost guns, and the industry’s failure to implement reasonable controls to reduce preventable gun violence.

Katie has received numerous accolades in recognition of her unique practice representing individual, public entity, and corporate clients in high‑stakes litigation across several practice areas. She has been named an “On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyer” in the country by the American Bar Association, ranked by Chambers and Partners as Band 1, Litigation: Mainly Plaintiff (Pennsylvania), and named to Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & Under Hot List.” Her litigation accomplishments have also been recognized by The National Law Journal, Lawdragon, Global Competition Review, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, The Legal Intelligencer, and the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, among others.

In addition to her litigation work, Katie leads the firm’s business development efforts in the United States, overseeing new case investigations and evaluations across all U.S. offices. She also maintains a robust pro bono practice. Katie regularly represents participants in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s Supervision to Aid Reentry Program in civil legal matters and oversees the firm’s pro bono partnerships with several non‑profit organizations at the forefront of racial equality and environmental justice.

As a founding member of Hausfeld’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Katie is deeply committed to ensuring that the firm creates an environment where everyone can thrive. She is also a member of the firm’s Hiring Committee and Pro Bono Committee.

Before joining the firm, Katie served as a federal law clerk to the Honorable Gerald A. McHugh in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania during the first two years of Judge McHugh’s tenure on the bench. She resides in South Philadelphia with her husband and two children.

Experience

She is the go-to person for case development. 

Chambers US, 2026

When difficult strategic issues arise, she never fails to demonstrate exceptional judgment, and is always cool under pressure.

Chambers US, 2026

Katie Beran stands out for her professional demeanor and for being very knowledgeable.

Chambers US, 2026

Katie is a brilliant and hard-working lawyer and, more often than not, her initial instinct proves to be right.

Chambers US, 2026

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