Kathy Tompkins

Kathy is uniquely positioned at the intersection of legal, finance, and technology, enabling her clients to hire leaders who can outperform in markets undergoing structural change. She executes complex partner transitions, team lift-outs, practice-group buildouts, and leadership succession assignments for AmLaw firms and elite boutiques, with a nuanced understanding of economics, origination credit, culture, and long-term strategic fit. She brings deep expertise across asset management and alternatives, advising investment firms on senior hires, portfolio leadership, and multi-person platform expansions. Her clients rely on her to identify leaders who can navigate regulation, mobilize capital, drive innovation, and create competitive advantage.

As member of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence & Workforce Transformation practice, Kathy helps CEOs, GCs, and CHROs design future-fit talent architectures and integrate AI into leadership models. Known for her confidentiality, market intelligence, and access to high-caliber leaders, Kathy helps organizations build teams equipped for the next decade—not the last.