Katie Barlow
Katie is a journalist and former lawyer at a large international law firm in Washington, D.C.
As a lawyer, she practiced white collar defense and civil litigation with a focus on the Anti-Terrorism Act. As a journalist, she has covered political campaigns, Capitol Hill with WTOP, and the Supreme Court with SCOTUSblog and NPR’s Nina Totenberg. She also co-founded Circuit Breaker, a website that provided news and information about the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Katie loves breaking down complicated legal stories for our FOX 5 audience. You can find her out and about in the DMV reporting on the latest news on law and the powers that create and enforce it. Or you can find her in the studio distilling the week's headlines In the Courts on Sundays at 11:30 p.m.
She received dual degrees in political science and broadcast journalism from the University of Georgia and a J.D. from Georgetown Law. Katie is a longtime lover of Washington. You can often find her running down the mall with her pup or reading a book at a local haunt.
The latest from Katie Barlow
Questions about regulatory authority stall proposed overhaul of GW medical practice group
A legal dispute is looming over a proposed takeover intended to rescue GW's Medical Faculty Associates (MFA).
Decade-long breakdown in DC crime reporting revealed in inspector general report
A report from D.C.'s inspector general details a breakdown in MPD's crime reporting systems over 10 years.
Outrage in Montgomery County over elimination of $692 property tax credit
Montgomery County neighbors and leaders are expressing outrage over the county council’s decision to eliminate the Income Tax Offset Credit for the current year.
Montgomery County passes sweeping bill targeting ghost guns, firearm restrictions
The Montgomery County Council passed updated gun control legislation that puts restrictions on ghost guns and prohibits firearms in some public places.
Family demands answers 1 month after fatal U.S. Park Police chase in D.C.
The family of a man killed in a U.S. Park Police chase is demanding answers and calling for transparency from law enforcement.
Supreme Court justices seek security funding in first Capitol Hill testimony in 7 years
Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday, requesting a major security funding boost in the first Supreme Court testimony in 7 years.
2 men charged in deadly US Park Police chase released as case is dropped—for now
Federal prosecutors have temporarily released two men connected to a deadly U.S. Park Police pursuit that killed 46-year-old moped rider Nolberto Meza, pausing the case while they gather more evidence.
20 arrested in alleged drug trafficking operation near DC elementary school
Twenty people were arrested Wednesday in a large-scale law enforcement operation targeting an alleged drug trafficking network operating near Hendley Elementary School in Southeast Washington.
