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.
