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Welcome to Kate Butler Law

When work crosses a line...
this is the table you want to be sitting at.​

Tell Us what happened

I. The Work

Litigation is adversarial. Work shouldn’t be.

II. Our Selection Process

Few cases, chosen carefully.

III. Your Advocate

Local roots. Steady aim.

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EMPLOYMENT LAW

IT'S WHAT I DO.

I focus on the few areas where Delaware and federal law give workers real protection, and where the cases are worth bringing.

If what happened to you isn’t listed here, it’s still worth a conversation — these are where I do my best work, not the limits of what I’ll consider.

Unfair Treatment

Speaking Up

Job Loss & Discipline

Pay & Contracts

Chapter I — The Work

The work is litigation. Most employment disputes settle. They settle on better terms when the other side knows the case will actually be tried. I prepare every matter as if it's going to a jury — because some of them do.

Chapter II — Selectivity

Few cases, chosen carefully. I take roughly a dozen cases a year. That's deliberate. It means the matters I accept get real attention, and it means I'm honest early when a case isn't one I should bring. If I take yours, it's because I believe in it.

Chapter III — Advocacy

Employment cases are personal — your livelihood, your reputation, your sense of being treated fairly. The lawyer you trust with that should be easy to find and easy to talk to.

Meet Kate Butler

I’m a plaintiff-side employment lawyer in Wilmington. That means I represent employees — not companies — when something has gone wrong at work: discrimination, retaliation, harassment, the loss of a job that shouldn’t have been lost.

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BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Delaware, 2014
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, 2017
  • Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 2017

EDUCATION

  • J.D., Delaware Law School (Widener University), 2014
  • B.A., University of Delaware, 2008

Kate represents individuals in workplace disputes. This could mean:

  • The failure to hire a qualified candidate.
  • A demotion despite exemplary performance.
  • Failure to pay promised wages.
  • And conduct amounting to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

If this sounds like your situation, call us.

What industries do you serve?

Kate Butler Law represents individuals across all industries and professions.

  • Whether you work in a warehouse or distribution center, or you are a C-Suite executive, Kate can offer insight into whether your situation has risen to the level where litigation is necessary.
  • Kate represents teachers, healthcare workers, IT professionals, people in skilled trades, union employees, and public employees
  • Kate specializes in representing individuals employed by the State of Delaware, in New Castle County, and various municipalities as merit employees and regardless of the industry or agency served.
  • Kate understands that if you have lost your job, money is tight. Wherever possible, we seek to ensure that cost is not the prohibiting factor for your decision whether to bring forward a claim. That means our fees are typically structured on a hybrid or contingency basis.
  • For the initial consultation, Kate charges a one-time flat fee. That’s for two reasons: one, because we actually vet our cases from the time you reach out to us before we offer you a consultation. Two, because not every workplace situation will rise to the level of a lawsuit.
  • If we agree to take a consultation with you, it’s because we believe that the consultation fee is justified by the likelihood that a lawyer’s advice is likely to contribute value to your situation.
  • The only way to know whether the fees and costs associated with moving forward is fill out our intake questionnaire – from there, our team will help you determine if booking a consultation is the right move for you.

Kate began her career as a criminal prosecutor in the Attorney General’s office. She spent years trying cases before a judge and a jury on a misdemeanor and felony level. That experience is valuable, because civil litigation often results in settlement. As a practicing lawyer since 2014, Kate has litigated cases in each of Delaware’s state and federal courts, including the Delaware Supreme Court. Kate also practices before numerous state and federal agencies in quasi-judicial proceedings, particularly the Delaware Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the State of Delaware Merit Employee Relations Board, among others.