06 Jan 2026
K&L Gates Expands Texas Public Policy and Law Practice with Austin Partner Kate Goodrich Wright
"K&L Gates welcomes Kate Goodrich Wright as a partner in its Austin Public Policy and Law practice; she joins from Holland & Knight and will focus on Texas legislative, regulatory and government relations matters."
Wright focuses her practice on public policy, procedure, and legislative law. She has significant experience counseling clients on procedural rules, ethics, campaign finance, open records, and bill drafting. Her government practice includes representing clients on legislative, regulatory, and administrative matters across a range of policy areas, with emphasis on housing, transportation, municipalities, local governments, nonprofit organizations, technology, healthcare, and veterans.
Wright advises clients in their interactions with Texas government, including advocating before the state legislature, assisting with the rulemaking process, advising on regulatory matters before state agencies, boards, and commissions, and handling open records matters before the Texas Attorney General.
Prior to entering private practice, Wright served as deputy general counsel and policy advisor to the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, where she advised on hundreds of pieces of legislation, including priority bills focused primarily on the budget, transportation, veterans, housing, the judiciary, and local governments.
Her arrival follows the addition of several new lawyers and policy professionals who have joined K&L Gates’ Public Policy and Law practice in the last year.