Kate Blaine
About Kate Blaine
Kate Blaine is the Supervising Counsel at ExxonMobil, specializing in upstream environmental litigation and upstream tort and commercial litigation.
Title and Current Role
Kate Blaine serves as Supervising Counsel at ExxonMobil in Spring, Texas, United States. She has been in this supervisory role since 2017. Her responsibilities include overseeing legal matters and providing counsel on complex legal issues concerning upstream environmental litigation and upstream tort and commercial litigation.
Professional Experience at ExxonMobil
Kate Blaine has a longstanding career at ExxonMobil, with her current role as Supervising Counsel commencing in 2017. Before this, she was a Senior Counsel at ExxonMobil Qatar Ltd. from 2015 to 2017 in Doha, Qatar. Earlier, she served as Counsel at ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas, from 2009 to 2013. Her roles at ExxonMobil have consistently involved significant legal and supervisory responsibilities.
Previous Legal Roles
Before her extensive tenure at ExxonMobil, Kate Blaine worked as Counsel at Imperial Oil in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 2013 to 2015. She also has experience working with Norton Rose Fulbright as a Senior Associate from 2005 to 2009. Her journey in law commenced as a Judicial Law Clerk at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas from 2003 to 2005.
Educational Background
Kate Blaine obtained her Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Houston Law Center. She studied law there from 1970 to 2003, a span of 33 years. Prior to this, she achieved her Bachelor's degree from Southwestern University in 1970.
Specialization Areas
Kate Blaine specializes in upstream environmental litigation and upstream tort and commercial litigation. Her expertise in these fields has been a crucial part of her roles across various positions at ExxonMobil and other organizations where she has contributed significantly.