A partner in the Litigation Department at Paul, Weiss, Katherine Forrest serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Artificial Intelligence Group. The Global Artificial Intelligence Group provides litigation services as well as expert guidance to clients in anticipating regulatory developments, mitigating legal exposure, and implementing industry best practices in the AI space. Forrest, who previously served as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York and as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, regularly handles sensitive high technology investigations, litigation and advisory work in the areas of artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and blockchain.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor |
Year |
Practice |
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2027 |
Investigations, inc. White Collar; Litigation, inc. Antitrust |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Investigations Lawyers |
2026 |
Investigations, White Collar, Litigation, AI |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators |
2026 |
International Disputes & Investigations |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors |
2026 |
AI Litigation & Counsel |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management |
2026 |
Litigation, Investigations, AI |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers |
2026 |
Litigation - Media, Sports, Entertainment, Investigations, IP |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers |
2026 |
Complex Litigation, Antitrust, Investigations |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2026 |
Investigations, inc. White Collar; Litigation, inc. Antitrust |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators |
2025 |
International Disputes & Investigations |
| The Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management |
2025 |
Litigation, Investigations, AI |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers |
2025 |
Litigation - Media, Sports, Entertainment, Investigations, IP |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers |
2025 |
Complex Litigation, Antitrust, Investigations |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2025 |
Investigations, inc. White Collar; Litigation, inc. Antitrust |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators |
2024 |
International Disputes & Investigations |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2024 |
Investigations, inc. White Collar; Litigation, inc. Antitrust |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators |
2023 |
International Disputes & Investigations |
Forrest is widely considered among the nation’s foremost advisors on legal issues relating to technology, including artificial intelligence, the digital environment, high-speed trading and content distribution, big data, and intellectual property. Forrest has led sensitive, high-profile investigations involving the DOJ, FTC and other U.S. and foreign regulators, and complex, high-stakes litigation spanning numerous substantive areas including artificial intelligence, Web3 and digital assets.
Forrest was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2011 as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, serving seven years on the bench and presiding over several thousand criminal and civil cases. During her tenure on the bench, Forrest served as a member of the Judicial Patent Task Force for the Southern District of New York and presided over several dozen patent cases.
