Kathryn Simons
Associate
301 Hillsborough Street
Suite 1400
Raleigh, NC 27603
Suite 1400
Raleigh, NC 27603
kathryn.simons@nelsonmullins.com
Kathryn focuses her practice on public and private securities offerings, reporting, and compliance under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and general corporate matters.
Kathryn focuses her practice on public and private securities offerings, reporting, and compliance under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and general corporate matters.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
- Summer Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP (2019, 2020, 2021)
- Judicial Extern, Hon. Tamara Barringer, Supreme Court of North Carolina (2021)
- Judicial Intern, Hon. Paul M. Newby, Supreme Court of North Carolina (2020)
- Research Assistant, Mary-Rose Papandrea, a focus on First Amendment and media law issues (2019)
Education
-
University of North Carolina School of Law,
JD,
with high honors
(2022)
- Order of the Coif
- Comments Editor, North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 100
- University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media, MA, Concentration in Media and Communication (2022)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BS, Biology, Chemistry and History Minors, with Distinction (2018)
Admissions
- North Carolina
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
- Summer Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP (2019, 2020, 2021)
- Judicial Extern, Hon. Tamara Barringer, Supreme Court of North Carolina (2021)
- Judicial Intern, Hon. Paul M. Newby, Supreme Court of North Carolina (2020)
- Research Assistant, Mary-Rose Papandrea, a focus on First Amendment and media law issues (2019)
Media
Kathryn focuses her practice on public and private securities offerings, reporting, and compliance under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and general corporate matters.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.- Summer Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP (2019, 2020, 2021)
- Judicial Extern, Hon. Tamara Barringer, Supreme Court of North Carolina (2021)
- Judicial Intern, Hon. Paul M. Newby, Supreme Court of North Carolina (2020)
- Research Assistant, Mary-Rose Papandrea, a focus on First Amendment and media law issues (2019)
Education
-
University of North Carolina School of Law,
JD,
with high honors
(2022)
- Order of the Coif
- Comments Editor, North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 100
- University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media, MA, Concentration in Media and Communication (2022)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BS, Biology, Chemistry and History Minors, with Distinction (2018)
Admissions
- North Carolina
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