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Katie Steiner

Katie L. Steiner

Partner

200 Public Square
Suite 2800
Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Primary Practices

As a member of the firm’s Nonprofit & Art Law practice group, Katie L. Steiner counsels museums and other nonprofit organizations, as well as foundations, trusts, and private collectors.  Katie advises on matters involving the acquisition, lending, and borrowing of works of art, corporate governance, tax issues, international transactions, and litigation.  Specific to art museums, Katie represents clients on Nazi-era and cultural-property claims, complex donation agreements, copyright and fair-use issues, NAGPRA and endangered-species compliance, and loan and exhibition agreements.

Katie brings professional museum experience and an academic background in art history to her legal practice.  She holds a master’s degree in art history from Williams College and previously served in curatorial roles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Frick Collection in New York.

In addition to her art-law practice, Katie supports the firm’s Restructuring, Bankruptcy, and Insolvency group, especially in creditors’ rights matters.

Professional History

  • Partner, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, 2026 – present
  • Associate, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, 2020 – 2025
  • Associate, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, 2017 – 2020; Summer Associate, 2016
  • Legal Intern, Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 2016 – 2017
  • Legal Intern, World Intellectual Property Organization, 2015
  • Curatorial Assistant, The Frick Collection, 2010 – 2014
  • Research Assistant, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008 – 2010

Accolades

Credentials

Education
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2017
    • Honors & Activities: Justice Story Intellectual Property Fellowship; Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Editor-in-Chief, 2016 – 2017; CALI Awards: Legal Writing I & II, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Conflict of Laws
  • Williams College, M.A., Art History, 2008
  • Case Western Reserve University, B.A., Art History and English, summa cum laude, 2006
    • Honors & Activities: Trustee Scholarship; Experiential Learning Fellowship; Academic Integrity Board, Chair, 2005 – 2006, Vice Chair, 2004 – 2005; Case Western Reserve Undergraduate Art History Symposium, Co-Chair, 2003 – 2006
Community Involvement

Zygote Press, Inc., Board of Directors

 

Dunham Tavern Museum & Gardens, Board of Directors

 

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Member, 2017 – 2021

 

College Now, Volunteer, 2018 – 2022

 

 

Awards & Distinctions

Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers®, Bankruptcy and Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2023-26; Commercial Litigation, 2022-26; Intellectual Property Law, 2023-26; Nonprofit/Charities Law, 2023-26, Corporate Law, 2025-26; Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2026

 

Rising Star, Ohio Super Lawyers®, Nonprofit Organizations, 2022-26

 

40 Under 40, Crain’s Cleveland Business

Bar Admissions

State of Ohio

 

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

 

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Memberships & Affiliations

Cleveland Bridge Builders, Class of 2023

 

Cleveland Leadership Center Leadership Council, Member, 2015 – 2019