Katie Biber (born 1978) is a well known American lawyer who served as the general counsel for the 2012 Mitt Romney presidential campaign.
Kate Biber | |
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| Born | 1978 (age 45–46) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | George Washington University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
| Political party | Republican |
In 2004, Biber was an associate counsel to the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign.[1]
During the 2008 presidential cycle, she was general counsel for Mitt Romney's presidential bid from the start of the campaign until it ended in February 2008. During the 2012 Republican primaries, Biber again worked as general counsel. She was instrumental in handling delegate issues in the intense battle for the Republican presidential nomination.[2][3] As a key member of the Romney "inner circle,"[4] she was also a public face for the Romney campaign on issues such as military voting.[5]
Biber was an associate at the Washington powerhouse lobbying firm Patton Boggs, where she was trained under the well-known Republican attorney Benjamin Ginsberg.[6][7]
Beginning in 2013, she worked as senior counsel at Airbnb.[8] In August 2015, she became the general counsel of Thumbtack, a local services marketplace backed by Sequoia Capital and Google Capital.[9][10]
In 2013, Biber was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during Hollingsworth v. Perry case.[11] Biber was named as one of Marie Claire's 50 most influential women in America in 2015.[12]
Biber received her B.A. from George Washington University[13] in 2000 and her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2004.[14] After law school, she was a law clerk for Judge Timothy Tymkovich on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, Colorado. She is married and has two young boys.[6]
References
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- ^ "GQ Weekly Power List: 03.09.12". GQ. March 9, 2012.
- ^ "Mitt Romney Looks to Outlast and Outwork Gingrich to GOP Nomination". Washington Post. December 2, 2011.
- ^ Chris Cillizza (2012-07-31). "Mitt Romney's inner circle: Who are these guys?". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ "Romney, Obama campaigns battle over Ohio early voting". ABC News. August 6, 2012.
- ^ a b "Romney's Road to Nomination Paved by Dedicated Delegate Counter". Washington Post. March 20, 2012.
- ^ "Lawyers Raking in Cash as Campaign Spending Hits Records". Bloomberg.com. 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "Thumbtack Hires First CFO and Snags Top Political Operative From Airbnb". recode. October 9, 2015.
- ^ SimpleLegal: “Feature Interview: Optimizing Legal Ops with Thumbtack's Katie Biber” by Tom Davies" July 27, 2016.
- ^ Verily Mag: "This Woman Knows the Secret to Work/Life Balance, and It’s Super Inspiring" by Rebecca Nelson June 22, 2016.
- ^ Avlon, John (2013-02-28). "The Pro-Freedom Republicans Are Coming: 131 Sign Gay Marriage Brief". The Daily Beast.
- ^ "The New Guard: The 50 Most Influential Women in America". Marie Claire. October 15, 2015.
- ^ "Alumni in Politics: Election Season 2012". 2012-10-31.
- ^ "Romney for President, Inc.- Organization, 2011-12 Primary Edition". Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2012-11-01.