T. Katuri Kaye

Director | Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

(415) 277-8064

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(415) 788-3111

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Katuri Kaye focuses her practice on qualified retirement plans, advising employers, plan sponsors, and service providers across a range of industries—including Fortune 50 companies—on the design, operation, and compliance of defined benefit (traditional and cash balance) and defined contribution plans (401(k), profit sharing, ESOPs, and money purchase pension plans). She also counsels tax-exempt organizations, public schools, and universities on 403(b) and 457(b) plans.

Katuri regularly assists clients with plan administration issues, plan document and SPD drafting, negotiations of service provider and investment management agreements, and M&A due diligence. She has deep experience guiding clients through Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL) processes, and is highly regarded for her strategic and cost-effective use of correction programs, particularly the IRS’s Voluntary Correction Program (VCP).

Katuri advises plan fiduciaries on their obligations under ERISA, including plan governance, claims procedures, required disclosures, and prudent oversight of service providers. She frequently provides fiduciary training and presents on emerging retirement plan issues, including EPCRS, plan corrections, plan governance and missing participants.

In addition to her legal practice, Katuri serves as the firm’s Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). She has been instrumental in shaping the firm’s strategy and culture— including developing the firm’s DEI Mission Statement and launching a DEI Billable Credit Program. She also represents the firm in outreach with external organizations.

Katuri is a lifetime member of the Black Women Lawyers Associations of Los Angeles and Northern California. She also holds multiple leadership positions within external organizations.

Katuri’s contributions to the field have been recognized by multiple organizations. She was honored as a Leader for the 2024 DCIIA Awards, named Attorney of the Year in Labor and Employment by the Los Angeles Business Journal in 2020, recognized as a 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star, and included in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2019 Most Influential Women Lawyers list.

She is admitted to practice in California, New York, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.

Certificate, 2022
Cornell University Advanced Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program

J.D., 2006
Howard University School of Law
Merit Scholar
CALI Award for Excellence in Torts, Legal Research, Government Contracts, Gender and the Law and Broker-Dealer Law and Regulation

M.A., 2003
San Francisco State University

B.A., 2002
University of California, Berkeley
Merit Scholar

2011 – Present
Director/DEI Director
(Special Counsel, 2016-2017
Associate, 2011-2015)
Trucker Huss, APC
San Francisco, California

2007 – 2011
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
San Francisco, California

2005 – 2007
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
New York, New York

American Benefits Council

American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries

American Retirement Association

American Bar Association

Board of Directors of the California Minority Counsel Program

John M. Langston Bar Association

Lifetime Member, Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles

Lifetime Member, Black Women Lawyers of Northern California

Member, State Bar of California

Member, State Bar of New York

Member, District of Columbia Bar

Member, State Bar of Virginia

National Bar Association

Retirement Income Task Force, ABC

Western Pension & Benefits Council

Women Lawyers Association of
Los Angeles

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Office Locations

SAN FRANCISCO


135 Main Street, 9th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105-1815

LOS ANGELES


15760 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 910

Los Angeles, CA 91436-2964

PORTLAND

329 NE Couch Street, Suite 200

Portland, OR 97232-1332

Awards & Recognition