Julie E Fink

Julie Fink is the Managing Partner at Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP. Julie leads an active commercial and public interest litigation practice and oversees all aspects of the firm’s management, growth, and strategic planning. As one of the youngest managing (and named) partners at a major law firm, Julie has been recognized for her “revolutionary” approach to firm operations, her strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, and her sizable contributions to the firm’s litigation practice. Before joining the firm, Julie worked as in-house counsel at Pfizer Inc. and as an attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Throughout her career, Julie has successfully represented companies and individuals in a range of litigation matters at both the trial and appellate level across a range of industries, from manufacturing companies to financial institutions. Julie also maintains an active pro bono and public interest practice, often at the forefront of civil rights and social justice issues. She currently represents ten plaintiffs in a groundbreaking lawsuit against twenty-five white supremacists and neo-Nazis, bringing claims under the Ku Klux Klan Act and the Civil Rights Act based on their roles in organizing the racial and religious-based violence in Charlottesville during the summer of 2017. Julie also represents Moira Donegan in a defamation lawsuit related to her creation of the “Shitty Media Men” list, and represents Amber Heard in a defamation lawsuit filed against her by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. In 2018, she successfully represented Melanie Kohler, who was sued for defamation by a Hollywood director after sharing her #MeToo experience on Facebook. Julie clerked for the Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She received her law degree, magna cum laude, from New York University School of Law, where she was a Florence Allen Scholar and a member of the Order of the Coif. She received her B.A. in Economics from Emory University.