About Katherine C.
Katherine C. Yarger’s legal path began within the Ivy League study room and moved quickly into the courthouse. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in American Government from Dartmouth College in 2004, then went directly to earn her J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 2008. Those years set the stage for a string of appellate clerkships that could shape her early career.
Fresh out of law school, Yarger spent a yr clerking for Justice Allison Eid on the Colorado Supreme Court. She followed that with a clerkship for Judge Neil Gorsuch at the Tenth Circuit in 2009. Those experiences immersed her in state and federal appellate work at an early stage. After a spell in personal practice, she returned to the bench in 2013 as a regulation clerk to Associate Justice Clarence Thomas on the United States highest court.
Her time in private practice began in 2010 at Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, where she labored on civil litigation things in federal and state trial courts. In 2014 she moved to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, joining a bigger company platform that handled complicated appellate and federal legal proceedings. Those roles gave her sustained courtroom and briefing experience throughout jurisdictions.
In 2021 Yarger became a companion at Lehotsky Keller LLP. The promotion was the latest step in a career that alternates among excessive-level appellate work and hands-on legal proceedings. Colleagues describe her as methodical and actual in legal writing, traits that trace back to her clerkships and years dealing with appeals.
Yarger is admitted to practice before the State of Colorado, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. She has been a member of the Colorado State Bar since 2008. Those admissions reflect the combination of state and federal matters that have marked her work.
Her record indicates sustained involvement in appellate litigation and federal court practice. She brings clerking knowledge at the state supreme courtroom, a federal circuit court, and the U.S. Supreme Court to matters that require detailed briefing and argument. That background informs how she approaches legal strategy and appellate process.
Today she serves as a companion at Lehotsky Keller LLP. She practices mainly in appellate litigation and federal judiciary matters, drawing on her clerkships and years in private practice to advise clients and handle appeals.
