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Katelynn M. Williams

Senior adviseur

Katelynn M. Williams

Senior adviseur

Katelynn Williams helps businesses navigate their relationships with—and legal obligations to—what’s often called their most important asset: employees.

She is a senior counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP, where she is a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice. From proactive counseling to contentious litigation, Katelynn helps employers navigate their legal obligations and strategies in a wide variety of labor and employment-related issues.

Katelynn represents employers in discrimination and retaliation claims, wage & hour class actions, trade secret misappropriation litigation, labor arbitrations, and more. She also advises clients on the Occupational Safety & Health Act and its state law counterparts. In addition, Katelynn handles internal investigations and provides respectful workplace training for clients seeking a professional outside voice.

Katelynn currently serves as President of the Western District of Wisconsin Bar Association. She is also a member of the Dane County Boys and Girls Club Human Resources Committee. In her spare time, Katelynn volunteers as an assistant high school cross country coach.

Prijzen en erkenning

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Labor and Employment Law – Management (2023-2024)
  • Wisconsin Super Lawyers® Rising StarEmployment & Labor (2023)

Affiliaties

  • President, Western District of Wisconsin Bar Association
  • Dane County Bar Association
  • Amerikaanse Orde van Advocaten
  • Legal Associate of Women
  • Western District of Wisconsin Pro Bono Committee, Co-chair
  • Dane County Boys and Girls’ Club Human Resources Committee
20 november 2025 Evenementen

Navigeren door een verschuivend DEI-landschap in durfkapitaal

Hoe passen beleggingsondernemingen zich aan aan de verhoogde aandacht voor DEI-initiatieven, nu de Trump-administratie bijna een jaar bezig is? Discussieer mee over de uitdagingen die het concept van DEI met zich meebrengt voor beleggingsondernemingen.
September 2, 2025 Labor & Employment Law Perspectives

Did the Eleventh Circuit Just Open the Door to Potential Extraterritorial Application of California’s Noncompete Ban?

A recent Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision highlights the importance (and potential limits) of robust choice-of-law provisions...
February 6, 2025 In the News

Katelynn Williams Quoted on Trump Administration Approach to Independent Contractor Rule

Foley & Lardner LLP senior counsel Katelynn Williams shared insight on the possible change in approach the Trump administration's Department of Labor (DOL) will take in categorizing independent contractors in the planadviser article, "Will Trump DOL Move Away From Biden Independent Contractor Classification Rule?"
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February 3, 2025 Labor & Employment Law Perspectives

Trump Department of Labor Signals Likely Retreat from Biden Era Independent Contractor Classification Rule

The Department of Labor has proposed different tests to determine whether workers are “employees” covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act or “independent contractors” who are exempt from FLSA coverage.
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November 4, 2024 Labor & Employment Law Perspectives

Don’t Let Casper the Friendly Ghost Electronically Sign Anything This Spooky Season

On the heels of Halloween, as employers turn to preparing for the roll-out of new policies or handbooks in the new year, it’s worth considering how employees might go about acknowledging receipt and understanding of said policies or handbooks.
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26 september 2024 Evenementen

ACC-Wisconsin CLE Conferentie

Doe mee met Foley en ACC-Wisconsin bij PinSeekers op donderdag 26 september voor een middag vol CLE-sessies, gevolgd door een netwerkreceptie in de sportfaciliteit van PinSeekers waar je je vaardigheden kunt testen in de golfsuites van de faciliteit. Dit evenement is geschikt voor alle niveaus.