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Katherine L. Rhyne, Esq.

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Katherine L. Rhyne is a partner in the Tort and Environmental Litigation Practice at King & Spalding in Washington, DC, where she focuses on chemical risk assessment issues in the context of environmental regulation or tort litigation. Her practice involves the application of toxicology, epidemiology, exposure assessment and other scientific disciplines in the courtroom or agency rulemaking. For example, she represented one of the petitioners in the legal challenge to EPA's drinking water standard for chloroform, in which the court recognized there is a threshold dose required for the potential carcinogenicity of chloroform. Rhyne was involved in the development of biologically-based models for formaldehyde, and in the evaluation of various solvents, metals, dusts and persistent chemicals.

Rhyne serves as an advisor to the Virginia Environmental Law Journal at the University of Virginia Law School. She has served as a member of the Executive Council of the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Rhyne has taught courses on "Risk Assessment for Lawyers" for the American Forest & Paper Association, the American Petroleum Institute, and several chemical companies. She has presented "Fundamentals of Risk Assessment for the Chemical Industry" for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association. Rhyne is a co-author of Regulatory Improvement Legislation: Risk Assessment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Judicial Review, Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, Volume XI (Fall 2000).

Ms. Rhyne graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia, where she received both her undergraduate and law degrees. She is recognized in various legal publications, including Chambers Guide to Leading Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America, and the Washingtonian Magazine list of top lawyers in Washington.

(Profile Last Updated  Jan. 2008.)