Katherine E. LaDow
Partner
- Litigation
- Municipal, Land Use, and Condemnation Law
Katherine (Katie) is a partner in the litigation department. She concentrates her practice in the areas of state and federal civil litigation, municipal litigation, government liability & civil rights defense, and personal injury. She represents individuals, small and large businesses and municipalities in a wide array of contract, civil rights, employment and tort-based disputes.
Katie has experience in handling all aspects of civil litigation, including trial preparation, motion practice, deposing fact witnesses, consulting with expert witnesses, propounding and responding to discovery, reviewing documents for privileged and confidential information and conducting settlement negotiations.
Prior to joining Lamb McErlane, Katie served as a summer law clerk at Lamb McErlane and as a law clerk with the Honorable Ann Marie Wheatcraft, Chester County Court of Common Pleas.
While attending Temple University Beasley School of Law, Katie was appointed as a Teaching Assistant for the school’s Legal Research and Writing Program and for a first year Contracts course.
ADMISSIONS:
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court of the District of New Jersey
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
EDUCATION:
- University of Delaware
- Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law, J.D.
COMMUNITY SERVICE & AFFILIATIONS:
- Member, Chester County Bar Association
- Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Member, New Jersey Bar Association
- Board Member, the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry (CCCBI) Foundation.
- Executive Leadership Team (ELT), Greater Philadelphia Salute to Women of Achievement and March of Dimes (MOD)
- Board Member, Plantation Field Equestrian Events, Inc.
- Committee Member, Willowdale Steeplechase
- Former Committee Member, Home of the Sparrow
- Former Member, Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry, Emerging Leaders Committee
- Former Grants Allocation Committee, Chester County Fund for Woman and Girls
AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
- Named a 2022 VISTA Millennial Superstar
- Named a 2020-2024 Rising Star by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
- Named a 2019-2022 Suburban Life Philadelphia Top Attorney
- Named a 2020 Five-Star/Top Attorney by Suburban Life magazine
- Named a Main Line Today Top Lawyer, 2019, 2021,2022, 2023, 2024
- Named a 2021-2024 ‘Best Lawyer’ in Chester County by the Daily Local News
- Named a Top 10 Family Law Attorney Under 40 In Pennsylvania by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys (NAFLA)
In the News
- Lamb McErlane PC Partner Katherine E. LaDow Joins 2025 Executive Leadership Team; March of Dimes Salute to Women of Achievement
- Twenty-One Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Recognized as 2025 Best Lawyers in America© & Ones to Watch
- Twenty-Four Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Recognized as 2024 Main Line Today ‘Top Lawyers’
- Twenty-Eight Lamb McErlane Attorneys Voted 2024 ‘Top Lawyers’ of Chester County by Daily Local News Readers’ Choice
- Twenty-Two Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Named 2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Lamb McErlane PC Attorney Katherine ‘Katie’ LaDow Elected a Partner
- Lamb McErlane PC Attorney Katherine ‘Katie’ LaDow Elected Board Secretary of the CCCBI Foundation
- Lamb McErlane PC Attorney Katherine ‘Katie’ LaDow Appointed to the Board of the CCCBI Foundation
- Twenty-Eight Lamb McErlane Attorneys Voted 2023 ‘Top Lawyers’ of Chester County by Daily Local News Readers’ Choice
- Twenty-One Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Named 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Thirty Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Recognized as 2022 Main Line Today ‘Top Lawyers’
- Twenty-Eight Lamb McErlane Attorneys Recognized as 2022 “Top Lawyers” by Daily Local Readers
- Twenty-One Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Named 2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
- Lamb McErlane Attorney Katherine LaDow Honored as Vista.Today 2022 Millennial Superstar
- Lamb McErlane Attorney Katherine LaDow Named a 2022 VISTA Millennial Superstar
- Thirty-Six Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Recognized as “Top Attorneys” by Suburban Life Magazine
- Twenty-Nine Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Recognized as 2021 Main Line Today Top Lawyers
- Twenty-Eight Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Recognized as 2021 “Best Lawyers” in Chester County
- Eighteen Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Have Been Named 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Dawson Muth & Katie LaDow Present CLE on How COVID-19 has Impacted Landlord and Tenant Rights in PA
- Thirty-Eight Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Named Suburban Life Five-Star / Top Attorneys
- Nineteen Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Have Been Named 2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Lamb McErlane PC Attorneys Named Suburban Life Philadelphia Top Attorneys
- Lamb McErlane PC Announces Twenty-Six Firm Attorneys Have Been Named 2019 Main Line Today Top Lawyers
- Lamb McErlane PC Attorney Katherine (Katie) E. Ladow Spoke to Students at West Chester East High School for Career Day
- Lamb McErlane PC Sponsors the Jump for Willowdale Steeplechase Annual Fundraiser
- Health Law Newsletter Fall 2018
- Health Law Newsletter – Fall 2017
- Lamb McErlane PC Attorney Katherine E. LaDow was a Featured Emerging Leader in the 2017 CCCBI Guide
Articles Posted
- Eminent Domain in Pennsylvania – Part IV, Who Can Condemn
- Eminent Domain in Pennsylvania–Part III, Challenging the Take
- Eminent Domain in Pennsylvania–– Part II Valuation Proceedings
- Eminent Domain in Pennsylvania: Part I – the Fundamentals
- Update on the Tenant Eviction and Foreclosure Proceeding Moratorium in Pennsylvania
- Does a Deponent Have a Right to Change His Testimony by Way of an Errata Sheet?
- The Impact of COVID-19 on the Housing Sector – Eviction & Foreclosure Proceedings
- Punitive Damages for Motor Vehicle Accidents Caused by Texting and Driving
- U.S. Department of Justice Issues Two 2018 Memoranda Related to Actions Brought Under the False Claims Act
- Dissenting Doctors’ Rights in Partnership Mergers
- Medical Labs Do Not Have to Independently Verify Medical Necessity Tests
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposes Changes for Implantable Heart Devices
- Doctor Ordered to Pay Nearly $65,000 to Former Employer for Breach of Recruitment and Employment Agreements
- Health Law Newsletter – Fall 2017
- Oversight Requirements and Regulations for Supervising Physician Assistants
- CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Implement New Medicare Billing and Payment Schedule for Telehealth Reimbursements
- CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Increase Flexibility and Reduce Burdens in the Quality Payment Program
- Common Questions for Newly Licensed Physicians in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Should Your Health Care Client Sign a Letter of Intent?
- Centers for Medicare & Medical Services (CMS) Announces New Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol
- The Department of Health and Human Services Publishes a Final Rule to Revamp Medicare Appeals with Administrative Law Judges
- Office of Inspector General Urgent Alert: US Department of Health & Human Service Hotline Telephone Number Used in Scam
- New Episode Payment Models Reward Providers That Promote Quick Patient Recovery
- The Department of Health and Human Services Provides New Guidance Regarding the Disclosure of Protected Health Information to “Loved Ones”
- 21st Century Cures Act Imposes High Penalties Upon Healthcare Providers For Electronic Information Blocking
- Commonwealth Court of PA Orders Hospital to Release Former Employee’s Drug Test Results
- OIG Approves Proposal to Use a Preferred Hospital Network by Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance Insurers
- Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan 2017
- OIG Approves Proposal to Implement Computerized Point-of-Care Vaccine Storage and Dispensing Systems for use in Physicians’ Office
- The Newest Trend in Online Medicine: Telehealth
- Interacting With “Excluded” Individuals or Entities Could Subject Health Care Providers to Severe Civil Monetary Penalties – Legal Intelligencer Article
- HHS Issues Proposal to Modernize How Medicare Pays Physicians for Quality – Legal Intelligencer Article