Kate Johnstone
Kate Johnstone is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Environment, Land and Resources practice group within the firm’s Corporate Department. Kate received her JD from UCLA School of Law, where she specialized in Environmental Law, was elected to the Order of the Coif, and received faculty awards for Energy Law, Local Government Law, and Professional Responsibility. Kate’s practice focuses on environmental and energy regulatory transactional matters and land use matters, including advising on project siting and entitlement strategy and writ of mandate litigation. She has experience in matters involving the California Environmental Quality Act, various federal environmental laws, and various state and local planning, zoning, and historic preservation laws, among other environmental laws.
Prior to joining Latham, Kate served as a judicial extern to Judge Jean P. Rosenbluth in the Central District of California and worked as a law clerk for the Environmental Defense Fund. While in law school, she served as Chief of Production of the UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review and President of the UCLA Environmental Law Society. Between graduating from Occidental College and attending UCLA School of Law, Kate worked in the financial market research and environmental consulting fields.
Kate grew up between Rochester, New York and Hanover, New Hampshire, and has lived in Los Angeles since 2011.
