Ari A. Katz is the Firm’s Chief of Lateral Partner Recruiting and Integration. He has over 25 years of extensive recruiting experience. Ari is responsible for implementing the strategic lateral hiring plans across all of the Firm’s practice groups. Ari works collaboratively with our partners to identify potential lateral targets (individuals, groups of laterals or boutiques) that the Firm should consider in our existing markets or in new ones. During the course of Ari’s career he has been responsible for recruiting over 750 lateral partners. Prior to joining King & Spalding Ari worked at two other major AmLaw firms.

Ari has held numerous leadership positions in NALP (National Association for Law Placement) and NYCRA (The New York City Recruitment Association) over the years, and he is currently a member of ALRA (the Atlanta Legal Recruitment Association.) Over the years Ari has participated in over 40 panels regarding lateral partner and associate recruiting and integration, and he has spoken at many annual NALP conferences on various recruiting topics. Ari earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and his B.S., magna cum laude, from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.